Realizing the potentials of density functional theory (DFT) and of the materials genome initiative (MGI)
Abstract From 1964 and 1965 to present, the wide spread utilization of an incomplete density functional theory (DFT) has led to mixed results: The second theorem of the theory asserts that the energy functional reaches its minimum if the calculation employs the ground state charge density—without providing a mechanism for finding this density. Calculations purporting to employ DFT have mostly assumed that results obtained with a judiciously selected basis set, following self-consistent iterations, are those of the ground state. The state obtained with a single basis set is a stationary one, among an infinite number of such states, with no proven relation to the actual ground state of the material. Most failures or limitations of the incomplete DFT can be traced to this error. We present results from calculations using the completed DFT. They are in excellent agreement with experiment and portend the realization of the Materials Genome Initiative.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002630
- OSTI ID:
- 1971155
- Journal Information:
- MRS Advances, Journal Name: MRS Advances Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 8; ISSN 2059-8521
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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