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van der Waals forces in density functional theory: a review of the vdW-DF method

Journal Article · · Reports on Progress in Physics
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [4];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Oslo (Norway); Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden)
  5. Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC (United States)
We review a density functional theory (DFT) that accounts for van der Waals (vdW) interactions in condensed matter, materials physics, chemistry, and biology. The insights that led to the construction of the Rutgers–Chalmers van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) are presented with the aim of giving a historical perspective, while also emphasizing more recent efforts which have sought to improve its accuracy. In addition to technical details, we discuss a range of recent applications that illustrate the necessity of including dispersion interactions in DFT. This review highlights the value of the vdW-DF method as a general-purpose method, not only for dispersion bound systems, but also in densely packed systems where these types of interactions are traditionally thought to be negligible.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; SC0008688
OSTI ID:
1185492
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1238887
OSTI ID: 22544880
Journal Information:
Reports on Progress in Physics, Journal Name: Reports on Progress in Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 78; ISSN 0034-4885
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Thermal transport in van der Waals solids from first-principles calculations journal September 2016
Rehabilitation of the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation for layered materials journal February 2017
Simple way to apply nonlocal van der Waals functionals within all-electron methods journal August 2017
Exfoliation energy, quasiparticle band structure, and excitonic properties of selenium and tellurium atomic chains journal July 2018
van der Waals density functional with corrected C 6 coefficients journal May 2019
Tuning the van der Waals Interaction of Graphene with Molecules via Doping journal December 2015
Novel Pd 2 Se 3 Two-Dimensional Phase Driven by Interlayer Fusion in Layered PdSe 2 journal July 2017
Nonlocal van der Waals functionals for solids: Choosing an appropriate one journal June 2019
Benchmarking van der Waals-treated DFT: The case of hexagonal boron nitride and graphene on Ir(111) journal August 2019
Cubic and tetragonal perovskites from the random phase approximation journal October 2019
Group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers: Two-dimensional ferroelectrics with weak intralayer bonds and a phosphorenelike monolayer dissociation energy journal December 2019
Versatile van der Waals Density Functional Based on a Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation journal October 2016
Time-dependent density-functional description of nuclear dynamics journal November 2016
Wavelike charge density fluctuations and van der Waals interactions at the nanoscale journal March 2016
Solid-State Testing of a Van-Der-Waals-Corrected Exchange-Correlation Functional Based on the Semiclassical Atom Theory journal January 2018
Exploring the Adsorption Mechanism of Tetracene on Ag(110) by STM and Dispersion-Corrected DFT journal December 2019
Dirac Cones in Graphene, Interlayer Interaction in Layered Materials, and the Band Gap in MoS2 journal November 2016
Van der Waals Density Functional Theory vdW-DFq for Semihard Materials journal May 2019
Unified Assessment of the Effects of Van der Waals Interactions on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Some Layered Organic Solids κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X journal July 2019
Synthesis and Characterization of Halloysite/Carbon Nanocomposites for Enhanced NSAIDs Adsorption from Water journal November 2019
In Silico Strategies in Tuberculosis Drug Discovery journal February 2020
An Overview of Self-Consistent Field Calculations Within Finite Basis Sets journal March 2020
Adsorption of NO Gas Molecules on Monolayer Arsenene Doped with Al, B, S and Si: A First-Principles Study journal August 2019
Communication: Charge-Population Based Dispersion Interactions for Molecules and Materials text January 2016
An overview of self-consistent field calculations within finite basis sets text January 2019

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