en: Magnetic materials can display many solutions to the electronic-structure problem, corresponding to different local or global minima of the energy functional. In Hartree-Fock or density-functional theory different single-determinant solutions lead to different magnetizations, ionic oxidation states, hybridizations, and inter-site magnetic couplings. The vast majority of these states can be fingerprinted through their projection on the atomic orbitals of the magnetic ions. We have devised an approach that provides an effective control over these occupation matrices, allowing us to systematically explore the landscape of the potential energy surface. We showcase the emergence of a complex zoology of self-consistent states; even more so when semi-local density-functional theory is augmented - and typically made more accurate - by Hubbard corrections. Such extensive explorations allow to robustly identify the ground state of magnetic systems, and to assess the accuracy (or not) of current functionals and approximations

en: The energy landscape of magnetic materials

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high-throughput

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en: Augmented plane wave methods enable an efficient description of atom-centered or localized features of the electronic density, circumventing high energy cutoffs and thus prohibitive computational costs of pure plane wave formulations. To complement existing implementations for ground-state properties and excitation energies, we present the extension of the Gaussian and augmented plane wave method to excited-state nuclear gradients within the Tamm–Dancoff approximation of time-dependent density functional theory and its implementation in the CP2K program package. Benchmarks for a test set of 35 small molecules demonstrate that maximum errors in the nuclear forces for excited states of singlet and triplet spin multiplicity are smaller than 0.1 eV/Å. The method is furthermore applied to the calculation of the zero-phonon line of defective hexagonal boron nitride. This spectral feature is reproduced with an error of 0.6 eV in comparison to GW–Bethe–Salpeter reference computations and 0.4 eV in comparison to experimental measurements. Accuracy assessments and applications thus demonstrate the potential use of the outlined developments for large-scale applications on excited-state properties of extended systems. The data in this record are supplementary data to the published article with DOI 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00614.

en: Excited-state forces with the Gaussian and augmented plane wave method for the Tamm–Dancoff approximation of time-dependent density functional theory

materialscloud

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en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

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augmented-plane-wave-methods

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gaussian-basis-sets

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en:
The interplay between electron correlation and nuclear quantum effects makes our understanding of elemental hydrogen a formidable challenge. Here, we present the phase diagram of hydrogen and deuterium at low temperatures and high-pressure (P > 300 GPa) by accounting for highly accurate electronic and nuclear enthalpies. We evaluated internal electronic energies by diffusion quantum Monte Carlo, while nuclear quantum motion and anharmonicity have been included by the stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation. Our results show that the long-sought atomic metallic hydrogen, predicted to host room-temperature superconductivity, forms at 577±10 GPa (640±14 GPa in deuterium). Indeed, anharmonicity pushes the stability of this phase towards pressures much larger than previous theoretical estimates or attained experimental values. Before atomization, molecular hydrogen transforms from a metallic phase III to another metallic structure that is still molecular (phase VI) at 422±40 GPa (442±30 GPa in deuterium). We predict clear-cut signatures in optical spectroscopy and DC conductivity that can be used experimentally to distinguish between the two structural transitions. According to our findings, the experimental evidence of metallic hydrogen has so far been limited to molecular phases.
The data uploaded here contains the structural information of the simulated phases of hydrogen and their quantum centroid position as a function of pressure and isotope.

en: Quantum phase diagram of high-pressure hydrogen

high-pressure-hydrogen

display_name: high-pressure-hydrogen


en: We study the water dehydrogenation reaction at the BiVO₄(010)-water interface by combining nudged-elastic-band calculations and electronic structure calculations at the hybrid functional level. We investigate the pathway and the kinetic barrier for the adiabatic reaction going from the hole polaron localized in BiVO₄ to the dehydrogenation of the adsorbed water molecule at the interface. The reaction is found to involve the H2O•⁺ radical cation as intermediate, to have a kinetic barrier of 0.7 eV, and to be initiated by the electron transfer. The calculated kinetic barrier is in good agreement with experiment and is consistent with the slow hole transfer kinetics observed at the surface of BiVO₄. To characterize the structural changes occurring during this process, we analyze the O-H distances for three relevant water molecules. We also examine the Wannier functions around the O atom of the adsorbate involved in the reaction to reveal the changes in the electronic structure during the hole hopping. The projected density of states of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals allows us to identify the atomic orbitals that are primarily involved in the reaction. We expect that the proposed reaction mechanism generally holds when the surface coverage is dominated by molecularly adsorbed water.

en: Oxygen evolution at the BiVO₄-water interface: mechanism of the water dehydrogenation reaction

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display_name: metal-oxide

water-dehydrogenation-reaction

display_name: water-dehydrogenation-reaction


en: We study the electronic and optical properties of the hydrogen boride sheet by using the many-body perturbation theory with the perturbative GW (G₀W₀) approximation. It was found that the hydrogen boride sheet shows a semimetallic electronic structure, supporting the previous theoretical study based on the semilocal density functional theory calculations. It was also found that the optical spectrum calculated based on the quasiparticle energies agrees well with the experiments. This work suggests that G₀W₀ approximation may be useful for predicting precise electronic and optical properties of the hydrogen boride sheet and its derivatives.

en: Electronic and optical properties of the hydrogen boride sheet from the many-body perturbation theory

dft

display_name: dft

hydrogen-boride

display_name: hydrogen-boride

many-body-perturbation-theory

display_name: many-body-perturbation-theory

nanosheet

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two-dimensional

display_name: two-dimensional


en:
Super-resolution microscopy has become a powerful tool to investigate the internal structure of complex colloidal and polymeric systems, such as microgels, at the nanometer scale. An interesting feature of this method is the possibility of monitoring microgel response to temperature changes in situ. However, when performing advanced microscopy experiments, interactions between the particle and the environment can be important. Often microgels are deposited on a substrate, since they have to remain still for several minutes during the experiment. In the publication associated with this data, we use direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) and advanced coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to investigate how individual microgels anchored on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces undergo their volume phase transition with temperature. We find that, in the presence of a hydrophilic substrate, the structure of the microgel is unperturbed and the resulting density profiles quantitatively agree with simulations performed under bulk conditions. Instead, when a hydrophobic surface is used, the microgel spreads at the interface and an interesting competition between the two hydrophobic strengths, monomer–monomer vs monomer–surface, comes into play at high temperatures.
The data deposited on the Materials Cloud Archive contains the initial microgel configuration in LAMMPS read format, the calculated radii and the density profiles under the different temperatures and surfaces.

en: Probing temperature responsivity of microgels and its interplay with a solid surface by super-resolution microscopy and numerical simulations

cineca-iscra

display_name: cineca-iscra

experimental

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microgels

display_name: microgels

molecular-dynamics

display_name: molecular-dynamics

volume-phase-transition

display_name: volume-phase-transition


en: Fracture dictates the service limits of metallic structures. Damage tolerance of materials may be characterized by fracture toughness rigorously developed from fracture mechanics, or less rigorous yet more easily obtained impact toughness (or impact energy as a variant). Given the promise of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) in structural and damage-tolerance applications, we compiled a dataset of fracture toughness and impact toughness/energy from the literature till mid-2022. The dataset is subdivided into three categories, i.e., fracture toughness, impact toughness, and impact energy, which contain 148, 14, and 78 distinct data records, respectively. On top of the alloy chemistry and measured fracture quantities, each data record also records the factors influential to fracture. Examples are material processing history, phase structure, grain size, uniaxial tensile properties such as yield strength and elongation, and testing conditions.

en: Dataset for fracture and impact toughness of high-entropy alloys

fracture-toughness

display_name: fracture-toughness

high-entropy-alloys

display_name: high-entropy-alloys

impact-energy

display_name: impact-energy

impact-toughness

display_name: impact-toughness


en: This dataset includes all the atomic coordinates of the optimized computational models from electronic structure calculations reported in the manuscript. In this work, we highlight that single-site noble metal dopants on the Cu surface can influence C–O bond dissociation in a key selectivity-determining intermediate (e.g., oxygen-bound *CH₂CHO), which in turn direct the post-C–C coupling pathways to ethylene versus ethanol. Combining theoretical and experimental analyses, we demonstrate that the favorability of C–O bond scission is controlled by the oxygen affinity of the metal dopant on the Cu catalyst. We find that the selectivity ratio of ethylene-to-ethanol displays a volcano relationship with respect to the oxygen binding strength on the doped surfaces.

en: Directing CO₂ electroreduction pathways for selective C₂ product formation using single-site doped Cu catalysts

selectivity

display_name: selectivity

single-site-doped-catalysts

display_name: single-site-doped-catalysts


en: Accurate first-principles predictions of the structural, electronic, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of cathode materials can be key in the design of novel efficient Li-ion batteries. Spinel-type cathode materials LixMn2O4 and LixMn1.5Ni0.5O4 are promising candidates for Li-ion battery technologies, but they present serious challenges when it comes to their first-principles modeling. Here, we use density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals - DFT+U+V with on-site U and inter-site V Hubbard interactions - to study the properties of these transition-metal oxides. The Hubbard parameters are computed from first-principles using density-functional perturbation theory. We show that while U is crucial to obtain the right trends in properties of these materials, V is essential for a quantitative description of the structural and electronic properties, as well as the Li-intercalation voltages. This work paves the way for reliable first-principles studies of other families of cathode materials without relying on empirical fitting or calibration procedures.

en: Unraveling the effects of inter-site Hubbard interactions in spinel Li-ion cathode materials

cscs

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dftu

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dftuv

display_name: dftuv

extended-hubbard-functionals

display_name: extended-hubbard-functionals

li-ion-batteries

display_name: li-ion-batteries

lithium-intercalation-voltage

display_name: lithium-intercalation-voltage

marvelosp

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spinel-cathode-materials

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en: Perovskite oxynitrides are, due to their reduced band gap compared to oxides,  promising materials for photocatalytic applications. They are most commonly synthesized from {110} layered Carpy-Galy (A₂B₂O₇) perovskites via thermal ammonolysis, i.e. the exposure to a flow of ammonia at elevated temperature. The conversion of the layered oxide to the non-layered oxynitride must involve a complex combination of nitrogen incorporation, oxygen removal and ultimately structural transition by elimination of the interlayer shear plane. Despite the process being commonly used, little is known about the microscopic mechanisms and hence factors that could ease the conversion. Here we aim to derive such insights via density functional theory calculations of the defect chemistry of the oxide and the oxynitride as well as the oxide's surface chemistry. Our results point to the crucial role of surface oxygen vacancies in forming clusters of NH₃ decomposition products and in incorporating N, most favorably substitutionally at the anion site. N then spontaneously diffuses away from the surface, more easily parallel to the surface and in interlayer regions, while diffusion perpendicular to the interlayer plane is somewhat slower. Once incorporation and diffusion lead to a local N concentration of about 70 % of the stoichiometric oxynitride composition, the nitridated oxide spontaneously transforms to a nitrogen-deficient oxynitride.

en: Conversion of La₂Ti₂O₇ to LaTiO₂N via ammonolysis: An ab-initio investigation

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

ammonolysis

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defects

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marvel

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oxynitride

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snsf

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en:
In the past few years, the theory of thermal transport in amorphous solids has been substantially extended beyond the Allen-Feldman model. The resulting formulation, based on the Green-Kubo linear response or the Wigner-transport equation, bridges this model for glasses with the traditional Boltzmann kinetic approach for crystals. The computational effort required by these methods usually scales as the cube of the number of atoms, thus severely limiting the size range of computationally affordable glass models. Leveraging hydrodynamic arguments, we show how this issue can be overcome through a simple formula to extrapolate a reliable estimate of the bulk thermal conductivity of glasses from finite models of moderate size. We showcase our findings for realistic models of paradigmatic glassy materials.
This repository contains example inputs to compute the hydrodynamic extrapolation of the thermal conductivity of glasses.
Explicit examples are for amorphous silicon. Optimized atomic configurations are provided also for amorphous silica and silicon carbide.

en: Hydrodynamic finite-size scaling of the thermal conductivity in glasses

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

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en: Environment

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thermal-transport

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en:
Seven imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) with different anions and cations were investigated as catholytes for the CO₂ electrocatalytic reduction to CO over silver. A significant activity and stability, but different selectivities for CO₂ reduction or the side H₂ evolution were observed. Density functional theory results show that the role of the IL anions is to tune the ratio between the CO₂ captured and electrochemically converted. Acetate anions (being strong Lewis bases) are more prone to CO₂ capture, enhancing H₂ evolution, while fluorinated anions (being weaker Lewis bases) favour the CO₂ electroreduction. Differently from the hydrolytically unstable 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Triflate was the most promising IL showing the highest Faradaic efficiency to CO (>95%), up to 8h of stable operation at high current rates (-20mA & -60 mA).
These results open the way for a strategic selection of the most suitable IL for the CO₂ electroreduction and its future process scale-up.

en: Understanding imidazolium-based ionic liquids role in the CO₂ electroreduction reaction: experimental and theoretical study

dft

display_name: dft

experimental

display_name: experimental

free-energy

display_name: free-energy

quantum-espresso

display_name: quantum-espresso


en: The phase of the quantum-mechanical wave function can encode a topological structure with wide-ranging physical consequences, such as anomalous transport effects and the existence of edge states robust against perturbations. While this has been exhaustively demonstrated for electrons, properties associated with the elementary quasiparticles in magnetic materials are still underexplored. Here, we show theoretically and via inelastic neutron scattering experiments that the bulk ferromagnet Mn₅Ge₃ hosts gapped topological Dirac magnons. Although inversion symmetry prohibits a net Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the unit cell, it is locally allowed and is responsible for the gap opening in the magnon spectrum. This gap is predicted and experimentally verified to close by rotating the magnetization away from the c-axis. Hence, Mn₅Ge₃ is the first realization of a gapped Dirac magnon material in three dimensions. Its tunability by chemical doping or by thin film nanostructuring defines an exciting new platform to explore and design topological magnons.

en: Topological magnons driven by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the centrosymmetric ferromagnet Mn₅Ge₃

dzyaloshinskii-moriya-interaction

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inelastic-neutron-scattering

display_name: inelastic-neutron-scattering

spin-waves

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topological-magnon

display_name: topological-magnon


en: Summing all Feynman diagrams with quantitative accuracy is a holy grail in theoretical physics. In condensed matter, the lattice vibration (phonon) field couples with the electrons, leading to the formation of entangled electron-phonon (e-ph) states called polarons.  In the intermediate- and strong-coupling regimes common to many conventional and quantum materials, a many-body treatment of polarons requires adding up a large number of e-ph diagrams. Diagrammatic Monte Carlo (DMC) is an efficient method for diagram summation and has been employed to study polarons within simplified e-ph models (Holstein, Frohlich, etc.).  Here we show DMC calculations based on accurate first-principles e-ph interactions, enabling numerically exact results for ground-state and dynamical properties of polarons in real materials, including the polaron formation energy, effective mass, spectral weight, phonon cloud distribution, optical conductivity, and mobility. We demonstrate such DMC calculations in systems with polarons ranging from small (localized) to large (delocalized), including LiF, SrTiO3, and TiO2 rutile and anatase. This advance is enabled by our recently developed technique for compressing first-principles e-ph interaction matrices, together with a matrix-product formalism that mitigates the DMC sign problem from multiple electronic bands. Our work enables precise modeling of e-ph interactions and polarons in coupling regimes ranging from weak to strong, opening doors to studies of transport, linear response, and superconductivity in the strong e-ph coupling regime.

en: Dataset for first-principles diagrammatic Monte Carlo for electron-phonon interactions and polaron

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first-principles

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lif

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many-body-physics

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polaron

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strong-e-ph-interactions

display_name: strong-e-ph-interactions


en:
Lithium ortho-thiophosphate (Li₃PS₄) has emerged as a promising candidate for solid-state-electrolyte batteries, thanks to its highly conductive phases, cheap components, and large electrochemical stability range. Nonetheless, the microscopic mechanisms of Li-ion transport in Li₃PS₄ are far to be fully understood, the role of PS₄ dynamics in charge transport still being controversial. We build machine learning potentials targeting state-of-the-art DFT references (PBEsol, r²SCAN, and PBE0) to tackle this problem in all known phases of Li₃PS₄ (α, β and γ), for large system sizes and timescales. We discuss the physical origin of the observed superionic behavior of Li₃PS₄: the activation of PS₄ flipping drives a structural transition to a highly conductive phase, characterized by an increase of Li-site availability and by a drastic reduction in the activation energy of Li-ion diffusion. We also rule out any paddle-wheel effects of PS₄ tetrahedra in the superionic phases–previously claimed to enhance Li-ion diffusion–due to the orders-of-magnitude difference between the rate of PS₄ flips and Li-ion hops at all temperatures below melting.
This archive provides all the relevant data and input files that were used to fit the ML interatomic potentials used in this work, along with the relevant Density-Functional Theory calculations that were used for the training set construction, the validation of the ML models and the calculation of the electronic band structure of the β and γ structure. Furthermore, it provides input files of all the molecular dynamics trajectories needed to investigate Li-ion diffusion properties of Li₃PS₄ and the rotational dynamics of PS₄ tetrahedra. Finally, it provides the raw data to reproduce the figures of the manuscript associated with this archive.

en: Mechanism of charge transport in lithium thiophosphate

electrical-conductivity

display_name: electrical-conductivity

green-kubo-time-correlation-functions

display_name: green-kubo-time-correlation-functions

lithium-ion-diffusion

display_name: lithium-ion-diffusion

lithium-thiophosphate

display_name: lithium-thiophosphate

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

marvel

display_name: marvel

molecular-dynamics

display_name: molecular-dynamics

phase-transitions

display_name: phase-transitions

post-gga-density-functional-theory

display_name: post-gga-density-functional-theory

snsf-sinergia

display_name: snsf-sinergia


en: We use symmetry analysis and density functional theory to show that changes in magnetic order at a surface with respect to magnetic order in the bulk can be generically determined by considering local magnetoelectric responses of the crystal. Specifically, analysis of the atomic-site magnetoelectric responses, or equivalently the corresponding local magnetic multipoles, can be used to predict all surface magnetic modifications arising purely from symmetry lowering via termination of the bulk magnetic order. This analysis applies even in materials with no bulk magnetoelectric response or surface magnetization. We then demonstrate our arguments for two example antiferromagnets, metallic CuMnAs and rock-salt NiO. We find that the (010) and (1-10) surfaces of CuMnAs and NiO respectively exhibit a series of antiferroically, as well as roughness-sensitive, ferroically ordered, modifications of the surface magnetic dipole moments, via canting or changes in sublattice magnitude, consistent with the bulk ordering of the magnetic multipoles. Our findings demonstrate a universal bulk-boundary correspondance allowing the general prediction of minimal possible surface and interface magnetic modifications, even in non-magnetoelectric materials. Furthermore, it paves the way for more accurate interpretations of a wide variety of surface-sensitive measurements.

en: Local magnetoelectric effects as predictors of surface magnetic order

dft

display_name: dft

magnetism

display_name: magnetism

surface-science

display_name: surface-science

symmetry-analysis

display_name: symmetry-analysis


en: Through quasiparticle self-consistent GW, we investigate the electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic ground state of four transition-metal monoxides: MnO, FeO, CoO, and NiO. In addition to the random-phase approximation, we consider two different schemes incorporating effective vertex corrections. The first scheme includes in the polarizability a vertex function derived from the solution of the Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE), whereas the second scheme includes in both the polarizability and self-energy a vertex function, which carries a long-range part satisfying the Ward identity and a short-range part derived from the adiabatic local density approximation. Our results include fundamental band gaps, macroscopic dielectric constants, and local magnetic moments, emphasizing the role of vertex corrections in the description of these key electronic properties. We provide quasiparticle band structures and projected densities of states allowing us to establish a connection with the Mott insulator picture and to highlight the overall good agreement with experimental photoemission spectra. The inclusion of the vertex in the self-energy preserves the overall shape of the band structures but generally produces larger rigid energy shifts for d bands than for sp bands. Through the solution of the Bethe-Salpeter equation, we determine excitonic effects and obtain dielectric response functions. Despite the experimental uncertainties, which appear sizable in the case of FeO, it is possible to discern a good general correspondence between the calculated and measured spectra, particularly for the absorption onsets and the peak positions. Furthermore, deep excitons are found to occur in the absorption spectra of FeO, CoO, and NiO, in qualitative agreement with the available characterization. Our work indicates that many-body perturbation theory including effective vertex corrections is able to provide a quantitatively accurate description of key electronic-structure features of transition-metal monoxides.

en: Quasiparticle self-consistent GW with effective vertex corrections in the polarizability and the self-energy applied to MnO, FeO, CoO, and NiO

electronic-structure

display_name: electronic-structure

gw

display_name: gw

many-body-perturbation-theory

display_name: many-body-perturbation-theory

transition-metal-oxides

display_name: transition-metal-oxides

vertex-corrections

display_name: vertex-corrections


en: In situ interfacial rheology and numerical simulations are used to investigate microgel monolayers in a wide range of packing fractions, ζ2D. The heterogeneous particle compressibility determines two flow regimes characterized by distinct master curves. To mimic the microgel architecture and reproduce experiments, an interaction potential combining a soft shoulder with the Hertzian model is introduced. In contrast to bulk conditions, the elastic moduli vary nonmonotonically with ζ2D at the interface, confirming long-sought predictions of reentrant behavior for Hertzian-like systems.

en: Interfacial fluid rheology of soft particles

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

elastic-properties

display_name: elastic-properties

hertzian-model

display_name: hertzian-model

liquid-liquid-interfaces

display_name: liquid-liquid-interfaces

microgels

display_name: microgels

softness-and-elasticity

display_name: softness-and-elasticity


en: Kagome metals have emerged as pivotal materials in condensed matter physics due to their unique geometric arrangement and intriguing electronic properties. Understanding the origin of magnetism in these materials, particularly in iron rich Fe-Sn binary compounds like Fe₃Sn, holds a significant importance, as they represent potential candidates for permanent magnets with a high Curie temperature and a strong magnetic anisotropy. In the present study, we employ density-functional theory and dynamical mean-field theory to analyze the electronic structure and magnetic properties of Fe₃Sn. Our investigation reveals the presence of several nearly-flat bands and Weyl nodes at low excitation energies. The inclusion of local correlation effects is shown to push these features even closer to the Fermi energy, which may be important for their manipulation via external stimuli. Regarding magnetism, the Hubbard-like interaction leads to an increase of orbital polarization at the expenses of a minor reduction of the spin moment. The magnetic anisotropy energy exhibits a strong dependence on the particular choice of the Coulomb interaction parameters. Additionally, our detailed analysis of the interatomic exchange interactions indicates a significant contribution from the antisymmetric exchange, i.e. the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, which showcases the existence of magnetic chirality in the system. Overall, our investigation highlights a strong interplay between the flat bands near the Fermi level, the local Coulomb interaction and the triangular geometry of the lattice, which plays a crucial role in driving the magnetic properties of this material.

en: Exploring strong electronic correlations in the breathing kagome metal Fe₃Sn

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

dftdmft

display_name: dftdmft

dzyaloshinskii-moriya-interaction-dmi

display_name: dzyaloshinskii-moriya-interaction-dmi

flat-band

display_name: flat-band

kagome-metal

display_name: kagome-metal


en: Density-functional theory with extended Hubbard functionals (DFT+U+V) provides a robust framework to accurately describe complex materials containing transition-metal or rare-earth elements. It does so by mitigating self-interaction errors inherent to semi-local functionals which are particularly pronounced in systems with partially-filled d and f electronic states. However, achieving accuracy in this approach hinges upon the accurate determination of the on-site U and inter-site V Hubbard parameters. In practice, these are obtained either by semi-empirical tuning, requiring prior knowledge, or, more correctly, by using predictive but expensive first-principles calculations.  This archive entry contains Hubbard parameters, occupation matrices and other data calculated for 28 materials and covers all steps in a self-consistent procedure where, at each step new Hubbard parameters are obtained via linear-response, a process that is repeated until the parameters no longer change. The primary purpose of this dataset is to support the development and validation of machine learning models that can be used to predict Hubbard parameters, sidestepping the need for expensive ab-initio density functional perturbation theory calculations.

en: Dataset of self-consistent Hubbard parameters for Ni, Mn and Fe from linear-response

envi

en: Environment

density-functional-theory

display_name: density-functional-theory

hubbard-corrections

display_name: hubbard-corrections

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

marvel

display_name: marvel


en: The dataset uploaded here records atomic positions, lattices vectors and Python scripts for tight-binding calculations related to the paper entitled "Modulated Dirac bands and integer hopping ratios in a honeycomb lattice of phenalenyl-tessellation molecules." In a family of nanographene called phenalenyl-tessellation molecules (PTMs), two types of zero modes appear: one is uniformly extended over the entire molecule and the other is localized around vacancies. Therefore, it is expected that energy bands reflecting the properties of these two types of zero modes will appear in a honeycomb PTM (H-PTM). In this study, we show that modulated energy gap and the Fermi velocity of Dirac bands appear in H-PTMs and that the effective two-site model has positive integer hopping ratios based on the uniformly extended zero mode and  the number of connections between PTMs. Furthermore, we find that the localized zero modes around vacancies can coexist with the modulated Dirac bands. The tight-binding calculations confirm that modulated Dirac bands with integer hopping ratios and coexisting localized zero modes that are consistent with analytical solutions for H-PTMs.

en: Tight-binding calculation files of modulated Dirac bands and integer hopping ratios in a honeycomb lattice of phenalenyl-tessellation molecules

band-gap

display_name: band-gap

flat-bands

display_name: flat-bands

graphene

display_name: graphene

honeycomb-lattice

display_name: honeycomb-lattice

tight-binding-model

display_name: tight-binding-model


en: Topological Weyl semimetals represent a novel class of non-trivial materials, where band crossings with linear dispersions take place at generic momenta across reciprocal space. These crossings give rise to low-energy properties akin to those of Weyl fermions, and are responsible for several exotic phenomena. Up to this day, only a handful of Weyl semimetals have been discovered, and the search for new ones remains a very active area. The main challenge on the computational side arises from the fact that many of the tools used to identify the topological class of a material do not provide a complete picture in the case of Weyl semimetals. In this work, we propose an alternative and inexpensive, criterion to screen for possible Weyl fermions, based on the analysis of the band structure along high-symmetry directions in the absence of spin-orbit coupling. We test the method by running a high-throughput screening on a set of 6000 inorganic bulk materials and identify 49 possible candidates for topological properties. A further analysis, carried out by identifying and characterizing the crossings in the Brillouin zone, shows us that 3 of these candidates are Weyl semimetals. Interestingly, while these 3 materials underwent other high-throughput screenings, none had revealed their topological behavior before.

en: High-throughput screening of Weyl semimetals

high-throughput

display_name: high-throughput

topological-materials

display_name: topological-materials

weyl-semimetal

display_name: weyl-semimetal


en: The dataset contains records of Charpy V-notch impact tests of nuclear structural materials. The focus is on studying the influence of specimen dimensions and geometry on Charpy impact test properties. The dataset was created through an extensive literature review of scientific articles. The extracted data points from the literature review are organized into a tabular format database containing 4,961 test records with 55 parameters, including material type and composition, manufacturing information, irradiation conditions, specimen size and dimensions, and Charpy properties. Materials science experts conducted systematic validation checks to ensure the accuracy of the information related to material type, manufacturing processes, treatment methods, chemical composition, testing conditions, as well as other pertinent information.

en: Dataset of Charpy V-notch impact test records of nuclear structural materials

charpy-v-notch-impact-test

display_name: charpy-v-notch-impact-test

miniature-specimens

display_name: miniature-specimens

nuclear-structural-materials

display_name: nuclear-structural-materials

reactor-pressure-vessel-steels

display_name: reactor-pressure-vessel-steels

specimen-size-effect

display_name: specimen-size-effect

sub-sized-specimens

display_name: sub-sized-specimens


en: This dataset contains the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations performed using Quantum ESPRESSO to study surface binding energies (SBE) and the formation energies of interstitial hydrogen (H-IFE) in various plasma-facing materials (PFMs). These calculations support the findings reported in the article Comprehensive Screening of Plasma-Facing Materials for Nuclear Fusion, where a combination of peer-reviewed data from the PAULING FILE database and first-principles calculations are used to evaluate potential PFM candidates. Key results include a detailed comparison of tungsten and alternative refractory materials, focusing on their behavior under intense neutron bombardment and plasma interactions in nuclear fusion reactors. The dataset includes input and output files from the Quantum ESPRESSO simulations, offering valuable insight into defect energetics in candidate materials.

en: DFT calculations of surface binding and interstitial hydrogen formation energies for plasma-facing materials

dft

display_name: dft

eurofusion

display_name: eurofusion

interstitial-formation-energy

display_name: interstitial-formation-energy

nuclear-fusion

display_name: nuclear-fusion

plasma-facing-materials

display_name: plasma-facing-materials

surface-binding-energy

display_name: surface-binding-energy


en: Cluster expansions are commonly employed as surrogate models to link the electronic structure of an alloy to its finite-temperature properties. Using cluster expansions to model materials with several alloying elements is challenging due to a rapid increase in the number of fitting parameters and training set size. We introduce the embedded cluster expansion (eCE) formalism that enables the parameterization of accurate on-lattice surrogate models for alloys containing several chemical species. The eCE model simultaneously learns a low dimensional embedding of site basis functions along with the weights of an energy model. A prototypical senary alloy comprised of elements in groups 5 and 6 of the periodic table is used to demonstrate that eCE models can accurately reproduce ordering energetics of complex alloys without a significant increase in model complexity. Further, eCE models can leverage similarities between chemical elements to efficiently extrapolate into compositional spaces that are not explicitly included in the training dataset. The eCE formalism presented in this study unlocks the possibility of employing cluster expansion models to study multicomponent alloys containing several alloying elements.

en: Constructing multicomponent cluster expansions with machine-learning and chemical embedding

ab-initio

display_name: ab-initio

cluster-expansion

display_name: cluster-expansion

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning


en: Materials that efficiently promote the thermodynamically uphill water-splitting reaction under solar illumination are essential for generating carbon-free ("green") hydrogen. Mapping out the combinatorial space of potential photocatalysts for this reaction can be expedited using data-intensive materials exploration. The calculated band gaps and band alignments can serve as key indicators and metrics to computationally screen photoactive materials. Ternary main-group metal sulfides containing p- and s-block elements represent a promising, albeit underexplored, class of photocatalysts. Here, we computationally screen 86 candidate ternary main-group metal sulfides containing p- and s-block elements. By validating electronic structure predictions against experimental band gaps and band edges for synthetically accessible materials, we propose eight potential photocatalysts. Using computed Pourbaix diagrams, we further narrowed the candidate pool to four materials based on the predicted aqueous stability. We then synthesized and characterized these four materials and experimentally screened them for photoresponsiveness under photocatalytically relevant conditions. We also characterized their experimental band gaps and band edge positions and compared them with computational predictions. Based on the experimental screening protocols, we identify MgIn₂S₄ and BaSn₂S₅ as photoresponsive materials with sufficient aqueous stability to be considered in greater depth as potential photocatalysts for overall water-splitting. This record contains the computational predictions for the four candidates discussed in our manuscript.

en: Data-intensive exploration of the photoelectrochemical responses of main-group metal sulfides

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

photocatalysts

display_name: photocatalysts

sulfides

display_name: sulfides

water-splitting

display_name: water-splitting


en:
The intermetallic quasi-one-dimensional binary superconductor V2Ga5 was recently found to exhibit a topologically nontrivial normal state, making it a natural candidate for a topological superconductor.
By combining dc-magnetization, nuclear magnetic resonance, and muon-spin rotation (µSR) measurements on high-quality V2Ga5 single crystals, we investigate the electronic properties of its normal- and superconducting ground states. NMR measurements in the normal state indicate a strong anisotropy in both the line shifts and the relaxation rates. Such anisotropy persists also in the superconducting state, as shown by the magnetization and µSR-spectroscopy results. In the latter case, data collected at different temperatures, pressures, and directions of the magnetic field (with respect to the crystalline axes) evidence a fully-gapped, strongly anisotropic superconductivity. At the same time, hydrostatic pressure is shown to only lower the Tc value, but not to change the superfluid density nor its temperature dependence. Lastly, we discuss the search for topological signatures in the normal state of V2Ga5, as well as a peak splitting in the FFT of the µSR spectrum, possibly related to an unconventional vortex lattice. Our results suggest that V2Ga5 is a novel system, whose anisotropy plays a key role in determining its unusual electronic properties.

en: Anisotropic superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

nuclear-magnetic-resonance

display_name: nuclear-magnetic-resonance

superconductivity

display_name: superconductivity


en: This study employed density functional theory with doubly screened dielectric-dependent hybrid (DSH) functional to predict the band gaps of Pb- and Sn-based inorganic and hybrid 3D halide perovskites, as well as layered hybrid perovskites. The DSH functional employs material-dependent mixing parameters derived from macroscopic electronic dielectric constant, and accurately predicts band gaps for 3D perovskites only if structural local disorder is taken into account. For layered hybrid perovskites, we propose using the calculated dielectric constant of the respective 3D perovskites to define the DSH screening. This dataset contains input and output files of all DFT and DSH calculations applied to Pb- and Sn-based layered halide perovskites with various organic spacers and multilayered structures, such as BA series with n =1, 2, 3. The computational framework introduced here provides an efficient parameter-free ab initio methodology suitable for predicting the electronic properties of 3D, layered halide perovskites and their heterostructures, towards modelling materials for advanced optoelectronic devices.

en: Three-dimensional to layered halide perovskites: a parameter-free hybrid functional method for predicting electronic band gaps

envi

en: Environment

density-functional-theory

display_name: density-functional-theory

dielectric-dependent-hybrid-functional

display_name: dielectric-dependent-hybrid-functional

hybrid-perovskites

display_name: hybrid-perovskites

layered-halide-perovskite

display_name: layered-halide-perovskite


en: This dataset contains experimental and theoretical results from the study of heat transport in suspended single-crystal diamond cantilevers with sub-micrometer widths. "Imaging heat transport in suspended diamond nanostructures with integrated spindefect thermometers", Physical Review Letters, 2026Temperature profiles are measured using embedded nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spin defects acting as in-situ thermometers, enabling spatially resolved thermal mapping under laser heating. The data include measured temperature gradients, extracted effective thermal conductivities as a function of cantilever width, and first-principles simulations based on the linearized phonon Boltzmann transport equation and viscous heat equations. The combined experimental and computational results demonstrate non-diffusive, sub-ballistic heat transport arising from the interplay of intrinsic phonon scattering and boundary effects.

en: Imaging heat transport in suspended diamond nanostructures with integrated spin defect thermometers

diamond-nanostructures

display_name: diamond-nanostructures

heat-transport

display_name: heat-transport

nanoscale-thermometry

display_name: nanoscale-thermometry

nitrogen-vacancy-centers

display_name: nitrogen-vacancy-centers

non-diffusive-thermal-conduction

display_name: non-diffusive-thermal-conduction

phonon-boltzmann-transport-equation

display_name: phonon-boltzmann-transport-equation

viscous-heat-equations

display_name: viscous-heat-equations


en: Defect engineering in two-dimensional semiconductors has been exploited to tune the optoelectronic properties and introduce new quantum states in the band gap. Chalcogen vacancies in transition metal dichalcogenides in particular have been found to strongly impact charge carrier concentration and mobility in 2D transistors as well as feature subgap emission and single-photon response. In this Letter, we investigate the layer-dependent charge-state lifetime of Se vacancies in WSe2. In one monolayer WSe2,we observe ultrafast charge transfer from the lowest unoccupied orbital of the top Se vacancy to the graphene substrate within 1 ± 0.2 ps measured via the current saturation in scanning tunneling approach curves. For Se vacancies decoupled by transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) multilayers, we find a subexponential increase of the charge lifetime from 62 ±14 ps in bilayer to a few nanoseconds in four-layer WSe2, alongside a reduction of the defect state binding energy. Additionally, we attribute the continuous suppression and energy shift of the dI=dV in-gap defect state resonances at very close tip-sample distances to a current saturation effect. Our results provide a key measure of the layer-dependent charge transfer rate of chalcogen vacancies in TMDs.

en: Layer-dependent charge-state lifetime of single Se vacancies in WSe2

defect-engineering

display_name: defect-engineering

scanning-tunneling-microscopy-stm

display_name: scanning-tunneling-microscopy-stm

transition-metal-dichalcogenide-tmd

display_name: transition-metal-dichalcogenide-tmd


en: Lithium thiophosphate (LPS) has demonstrated promising properties for use as a solid electrolyte for the next-generation of lithium ion batteries. However, the high reactivity of LPS with common contaminants such as atmospheric water hinders commercialization of the cells. We employ a machine learning interatomic potential to gain fundamental, atomistic understanding on the mechanical, chemical and electronic properties of an LPS surface. Our focus lies first on the identification of relevant surface complexions formed by surface reconstructions, which differ greatly in properties from the bulk and define the form of the reactive sites. Then, we reveal the complex reactivity of the LPS surface with water and identify the surface moieties that play a relevant role in the material’s degradation. Thus, we uncover the impact of dynamical changes of the surfaces and their electronic structure on the material’s reactivity.This dataset includes all files necessary to reproduce the data reported in Reconstructions and dynamics of 𝛽 -lithium thiophosphate surfaces.This includes the MLIP model and dataset, generated surface structures with certain Miller indices, Wulff constructions, as well the input and result files of LAMMPS and DFT calculations.

deutsche-forschungsgemeinschaft

display_name: deutsche-forschungsgemeinschaft

lps

display_name: lps

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

machine-learning-interatomic-potentials

display_name: machine-learning-interatomic-potentials

marvel

display_name: marvel

molecular-dynamics

display_name: molecular-dynamics

smoothsoap

display_name: smoothsoap

solid-electrolyte

display_name: solid-electrolyte

surface-complexion

display_name: surface-complexion


en:
Experiments involving resonant optical excitation of infrared-active phonons in crystals have emerged as a powerful new way to tune materials properties. A puzzling and so far unexplained aspect of some so-called nonlinear phononics experiments is that the observed lifetimes of the optically created metastable phases are sometimes orders of magnitude longer than expected based on the nonlinear phononics mechanism assumed in most works. We use a combination of phenomenological theory and first-principles calculations to demonstrate that strong coupling between different lattice degrees of freedom (strains and Raman-active phonons) can give rise to a long-lived metastable phase recently observed in experiments on perovskite LaAlO3 [Hortensius et al. npj Quantum Mater. 5 95 (2020)]. We show that the long-timescale oscillatory response in the experimental optical reflectivity data is not due solely to shear strains, as originally suggested, but arises from a “hybrid” mode involving displacements of Raman-active phonons of the same symmetry. Our work suggests that strong coupling between different order parameters can provide a mechanism for long-lived optically created metastable phases and points towards strategies, such as strain engineering, for modifying or increasing the lifetime of light-induced phases in ultrafast optical experiments.

This archive contains the data files used to produce Figures 2-4 of the described paper.

en: Understanding long-lived metastable phases in ultrafast optical experiments

complex-oxides

display_name: complex-oxides

first-principles

display_name: first-principles


en: Experiments reveal negative (non-Laplacian) surface stresses in metal oxide nanoparticles, partly associated with humidity during fabrication and annealing. Using a neural network interatomic potential for MgO, we prove that water adsorption induces surface hydroxylation, shifting facets from {100} to {110} to {111} and switching the average surface stress from positive to negative. Predicted lattice strains versus nanoparticle size agree well with experiments, clarifying experimental correlations. The new framework informs broad applications in catalysis, sensors, batteries, and biomedicine.

en: Hydroxylation-driven surface reconstruction at the origin of compressive-to-tensile stress transition in metal oxide nanoparticles

nanoparticles

display_name: nanoparticles

surface-reconstruction

display_name: surface-reconstruction

surface-stress

display_name: surface-stress

xrd

display_name: xrd


en:
A molecular level understanding of surface chemistry involved in the focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) with metalorganic molecules is crucial for enhancing metal content in the nanostructures. Here we investigate the FEBID process of trimethyl(methylcyclopentadienyl)platinum(IV) [MeCpPtMe₃] using focused electron beam induced mass spectrometry (FEBiMS), a recently developed in situ analytical technique. A comparison with gas-phase electron impact fragmentation, along with density-functional-theoretical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations are presented. The results indicate that charged fragments generated via dissociative ionization exhibit strong adsorption to the substrate and lack sufficient kinetic energy to desorb, suggesting that the most observed charged species during FEBID originate from gasphase fragmentation above the surface. Furthermore, we propose processes like charge neutralization and dissociative recombination, mechanisms not previously considered in FEBID, could be significant contributors for increasing metal content in the resulting nanostructures.

The data is discussed in the study "C. S. Jureddy, J. Jurczyk, K. Mackosz, H. Lyschuk, J. Kocisek, P. Weber, M. Ernst, A. Verkhovtsev, A. V. Solov'yov, J. Fedor and I. Utke, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025"

en: Desorption of fragments upon electron impact on adsorbates: implications for electron beam induced deposition

dft

display_name: dft

experimental

display_name: experimental

febid

display_name: febid

surface-and-gas-phase-processes

display_name: surface-and-gas-phase-processes


en: The inner structure of polymeric microgels critically influences their responsiveness and potential applications, yet remaining challenging to resolve at molecular resolution. In this work, a structural characterization of thermoresponsive copolymer microgels is provided by integrating small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements with multi-scale simulations. Specifically, Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-isopropylmethacrylamide), P(NIPAM-co-NIPMAM), copolymer microgels, in which a random monomer distribution is conventionally assumed, are considered. By synthesizing different samples, including isotopically labeled microgels via selective deuteration, the microgels swelling behavior is probed and distinct polymer-specific signatures are revealed. To elucidate their internal distribution, monomer-resolved microgel simulations are performed across different copolymer models. A direct comparison between experimental and numerical form factors provides evidence of preferential organization into block structures, challenging the prevailing view of random distribution. 13C-NMR experiments confirm NIPAM-rich blocks and atomistic simulations link this unexpected block-like architecture to distinct local hydrogen-bonding patterns. This integrated approach provides the first direct evidence of preferential block formation in P(NIPAM-co-NIPMAM) microgels. Beyond this system, these results establish a generalizable strategy for unveiling hidden structural order in copolymer microgels, offering new strategies to tailor their design and to enhance control of material responsivity.

en: Thermoresponsive copolymer microgels synthesized via single-step precipitation polymerization: random or block structure?

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

copolymerization

display_name: copolymerization

microgels

display_name: microgels

molecular-modeling

display_name: molecular-modeling

nmr-spectroscopy

display_name: nmr-spectroscopy

selective-neutron-scattering

display_name: selective-neutron-scattering


en:
In this paper, we show many-body calculations of magnon-phonon (mag-ph) coupling based on the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation. We derive expressions for mag-ph coupling matrices and compute them in 2D ferromagnets, focusing on hydrogenated graphene and monolayer CrI3. Our analysis shows that electron-phonon (e-ph) and mag-ph interactions differ significantly, where modes with weak e-ph coupling can exhibit strong mag-ph coupling (and vice versa), and reveals which phonon modes couple more strongly with magnons. In both materials studied here, the inelastic magnon relaxation times decrease abruptly above the threshold for emission of strongly coupled phonons, revealing a low-energy window where magnons are long-lived. Averaging over this window, we compute the temperature-dependent magnon mean-free path, a key figure of merit for spintronics, entirely from first principles. The theory and computational tools shown in this work enable studies of magnon interactions, scattering, and dynamics in generic materials, advancing the design of magnetic systems and magnon- and spin-based devices.

This archive include the necessary inputs for DFT, DFPT in Quantum Espresso, and GW-BSE in Yambo code. Since the routine for magnon-phonon coupling is not published, we provided the raw data files used for the figures in our paper as the reference.

en: Magnon-phonon interactions from first principles

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

bethe-salpeter-equation

display_name: bethe-salpeter-equation

magnon-phonon-coupling

display_name: magnon-phonon-coupling


en: Open-shell nanographenes have attracted significant attention due to their structurally tunable spin ground state. While most characterization has been conducted on weakly interacting substrates such as noble metals, the influence of magnetic surfaces remains largely unexplored. In a recent publication,  we investigate how TbAu2, a rare-earth-element-based surface alloy, affects the magnetic properties of phenalenyl (or [2]triangulene (2T)), the smallest spin-1/2 nanographene. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements reveal a striking contrast: while 2T on Au(111) exhibits a zero-bias Kondo resonance─a hallmark of a spin-1/2 impurity screened by the conduction electrons of the underlying metal─deposition on TbAu2 induces a symmetric splitting of this feature by approximately 20 mV. This opening is large compared to the few meV splitting induced by externally applied magnetic fields. We attribute this splitting to a strong proximity-induced interaction with the ferromagnetic out-of-plane magnetization of TbAu2. Moreover, our combined experimental and many-body model analysis demonstrates that this interaction is spatially modulated, following the periodicity of the TbAu2 surface superstructure. These findings highlight that TbAu2 serves as a viable platform for stabilizing and characterizing the magnetic properties of spin-1/2 nanographenes and for studying the interactions of more complex π-magnetic materials with magnetic substrates. The record contains data supporting the results presented in the publication

en: Proximity-driven magnetic coupling between an open-shell nanographene and a rare-earth surface alloy

envi

en: Environment

dftu

display_name: dftu

open-shell-molecules

display_name: open-shell-molecules

proximity-interaction

display_name: proximity-interaction

scanning-tunneling-microscopy

display_name: scanning-tunneling-microscopy

spin

display_name: spin


en: We present a comprehensive first-principles study of the magnetoresistance in ZrSiX (X = S, Se, Te) topological nodal-line semimetals. Our study demonstrates that all primary features of the experimentally measured magnetoresistance in these materials are captured by our calculations, including the unusual butterfly-shaped anisotropic magnetoresistance. This anisotropic magnetoresistance can be accurately reproduced using the semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory without introducing any information on the topological nature of bands or the concepts of topological phase transition. Considering the complex structure of the Fermi surface in these topological materials, we develop a theoretical description explaining the features observed in magnetoresistance measurements. Additionally, the atypical Hall resistance can be interpreted by the same semiclassical approach. Our findings establish magnetotransport as a powerful tool for analyzing the geometry of the Fermi surface, complementing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and quantum oscillation measurements. This approach is demonstrated to be particularly useful for determining the role of non-trivial topology in transport properties.

en: Magnetoresistance in ZrSiX (X = S, Se, Te) nodal-line semimetals

boltzmann-theory

display_name: boltzmann-theory

density-functional-calculations

display_name: density-functional-calculations

fermi-surface

display_name: fermi-surface

first-principles-calculations

display_name: first-principles-calculations

hall-effect

display_name: hall-effect

magnetoresistance

display_name: magnetoresistance

node-line-semimetals

display_name: node-line-semimetals

topological-materials

display_name: topological-materials


en:
In this paper, we present and benchmark our first-principles calculations of magnon dispersions and wave functions in monolayer Cr trihalides using the finite-momentum Bethe-Salpeter equation (BSE) to describe collective spin-flip excitations. We study the dependence of magnon dispersions on the halide species and resolve the small topological gap at the Dirac point in the magnon spectrum by including spin-orbit coupling. We analyze the obtained magnon wave functions to gain insight into magnon states in real and reciprocal space. We also compare our method with the Heisenberg spin model. This work advances the quantitative modeling of magnons, providing the starting point for studying magnon interactions in a first-principles BSE framework.

This archive includes all the inputs for DFT calculations in QuantumEspresso and GW-BSE with the Yambo code to reproduce the data in our paper.

en: Magnons in chromium trihalides calculated with the ab initio Bethe-Salpeter equation

dft

display_name: dft

magnons

display_name: magnons


en: Recent advances in the synthesis of graphene fragments that possess unpaired π-electrons and display high-spin ground states have unlocked possibilities to explore exotic physical phenomena related to magnetism. The high degree of spin-delocalisation makes these non-metal-based systems ideal building blocks for the construction of chains and lattices with strongly correlated magnetic ground states, which is the main requisite for measurement-based quantum computation.In a recent publication, we demonstrate the magnetic bistability of a diradical nanographene that allows direct spin manipulation at the single-molecule level. To this end, we made use of solution-phase synthesis and tip-induced activation on a metallic surface to construct a helical non-Kekulé hydrocarbon spin switch, with a reversible transformation between a magnetic ground state and a non-magnetic one via intramolecular bond formation/breaking. The switching process was monitored by scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements, illustrating that this, and related systems, hold potential as spin-switch units for direct manipulation of magnetism and quantum information in entangled spin systems. This record contains data that support the results discussed in the publication.

en: Controlled magnetic bistability of a helical non-Kekulé hydrocarbon on a Au(111) surface

ab-initio-simulations

display_name: ab-initio-simulations

hydrocarbons

display_name: hydrocarbons

magnetic-nanocarbons

display_name: magnetic-nanocarbons

scanning-probe-microscopy

display_name: scanning-probe-microscopy

snsf

display_name: snsf


en: Core-shell (CS) microgels–comprising a solid core chemically linked to a crosslinked polymer shell–are an important class of stimuli-responsive colloids widely employed for both fundamental and applied studies. Despite extensive experimental investigations, their numerical modeling remains underdeveloped; in particular, a detailed, temperature-resolved insight of their effective interactions is missing. While pairwise descriptions known for standard microgels are expected to be partially extensible to CS-microgels, the effect of the solid core and in turn, the extent and character of many-body contributions remain elusive. To clarify these open issues, this work introduces a computational method to generate realistic CS-microgels at different crosslinker concentrations, accurately reproducing the structure of experimental silica core–poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAM) shell microgels at different temperatures across the Volume Phase Transition (VPT) and for different shell-to-core ratios. After validating the model, effective interactions between CS-microgels are calculated, extracting not only two-body interactions but also providing the first quantitative investigation of three-body effects in any microgel system. The present findings show that, albeit small, the latter contributions are non-negligible and exhibit an intriguing sign reversal: while being predominantly attractive at low temperatures, they become repulsive at high ones, nearly canceling out at the VPT. These results reveal a subtle interplay between microgel architecture, temperature and many-body correlations, with direct implications on the design of responsive soft materials and their mutual interactions.

en: Numerical investigation of realistic core-shell microgels: insights on two- and three-body effective interactions

coarse-grained-models

display_name: coarse-grained-models

core-shell-microgels

display_name: core-shell-microgels

effective-interaction

display_name: effective-interaction

many-body-effects

display_name: many-body-effects

molecular-simulation

display_name: molecular-simulation


en: Understanding electrical resistivity in metals remains a central challenge in quantifying charge transport at finite temperature. Current first-principles calculations based on the Boltzmann transport equation often match experiments, yet they almost always neglect the effect of thermal expansion and phonon anharmonicity. We show that both effects exert an opposite impact on electron–phonon coupling and on electrical resistivity. Thermal expansion enhances the coupling and leads to overestimation of resistivity, whereas anharmonic effects reduce it. By explicitly incorporating both effects, we establish a more complete description of resistivity in elemental metals, demonstrated here for Pb, Nb, and Al. This archive contains all our input, output files and the data.

en: Opposite impact of thermal expansion and phonon anharmonicity on the phonon-limited resistivity of elemental metals from first principles

electron-phonon-coupling

display_name: electron-phonon-coupling

first-principles

display_name: first-principles

transport

display_name: transport


en:
Dual function materials (DFMs) enable reactive carbon capture (RCC), an intensified approach to carbon dioxide capture and utilization for cost and energy input reductions. Yet, there is a fundamental lack of understanding of mechanisms around CO2 adsorption and subsequent conversion on these materials, hindering further development. Herein, we investigated several supported alkaline metal oxides for their CO2 adsorption characteristics to find that Na/Al2O3 had the highest CO2 adsorption capacity, accompanied by a variety of CO2 adsorption geometries as identified by in situ DRIFTS and computational modeling. The addition of catalytic metals (Ru, Pd) increased the adsorption capacity of Na/Al2O3 without altering binding modes. In the subsequent reactive desorption step, acetate and formate intermediates were observed. Notably, this mechanistic investigation identified that the formation of acetate species was unique to RCC on a DFM, as these species were not observed in co-fed hydrogenation over the DFM or RCC over a Na-free catalyst.

Herein, we share the structural CONTCARs obtained using periodic PBE calculations in VASP for hydrated (110) and (100) surfaces of gamma-alumina, Na2O-modified surface models for Na/Al2O3, subsequent structures of various surface carbonate (CO3*) and bicarbonate (HCO3*) configurations formed on each of these surfaces upon CO2 adsorption and adsorbed acetate and formate radicals on the surfaces.

en: Identifying mechanistic differences between co-fed CO2 hydrogenation and reactive CO2 capture using Ru and Pd dual function materials

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

alumina

display_name: alumina

density-functional-theory

display_name: density-functional-theory

dfm

display_name: dfm

dual-function-material

display_name: dual-function-material

rcc

display_name: rcc

reactive-carbon-capture

display_name: reactive-carbon-capture


en:
Emergent quasiparticles in solids often exhibit unique topological properties as a result of the complex interplay between charge, orbital, spin and lattice degrees of freedom. Among these quasiparticles, the polaron occupies a special place as the first known manifestation of the interaction between a fermion and a boson field. While polarons have been investigated for almost a century, whether these quasiparticles exhibit topological properties and why remain open questions. Here, we establish the universal symmetry principles governing the topology of polar textures in large polarons. Using a group-theoretic analysis, we identify four distinct classes of polar textures in time-reversal-invariant systems, and we show that they carry integer topological charges. We validate this classification by performing state-of-the-art first-principles calculations of materials representative of each class. For these materials, we compute the fingerprints of polaron topology in Huang diffuse scattering, and propose ultrafast electron and X-ray scattering experiments to detect these quasiparticles.

This archive contains the data necessary to reproduce the results of the "Symmetry-protected topological polarons" article by Kaifa Luo, Jon Lafuente-Bartolome, and Feliciano Giustino.

en: Symmetry-protected topological polarons

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

diffuse-scattering

display_name: diffuse-scattering

polarons

display_name: polarons

topology

display_name: topology


en: Photocatalytic water splitting has attracted considerable attention for renewable energy production. Since the first reported photocatalytic water splitting by titanium dioxide, this material remains one of the most promising photocatalysts, due to its suitable band gap and band-edge positions. However, predicting both of these properties is a challenging task for existing computational methods. Here we show how Koopmans spectral functionals can accurately predict the band structure and level alignment of rutile, anatase, and brookite TiO₂ using a computationally efficient workflow that only requires (a) a DFT calculation of the photocatalyst/vacuum interface and (b) a Koopmans spectral functional calculation of the bulk photocatalyst. The success of this approach for TiO₂ suggests that this strategy could be deployed for assessing the suitability of novel photocatalyst candidates. This record contains for each polymorph: (a) a calculation of a slab; (b) KI and pKIPZ band structure calculation of the bulk system.

en: Predicting the suitability of photocatalysts for water splitting using Koopmans spectral functionals: the case of TiO₂ polymorphs

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en: Environment

electronic-structure

display_name: electronic-structure

koopmans-spectral--functionals

display_name: koopmans-spectral--functionals

orbital-density-dependent-functionals

display_name: orbital-density-dependent-functionals

photocatalysis

display_name: photocatalysis

water-splitting

display_name: water-splitting


en:
This archive provides the AiiDA workflows, metadata, and computational datasets associated with the study of vibrational frequencies and Stark tuning rates at electrochemical interfaces within the framework of grand-canonical density functional theory (GC-DFT) combined with continuum electrochemical models.

In this work, the electrochemical potential is treated as a degree of freedom by adjusting the number of electrons in the Kohn-Sham equations, enabling simulations at fixed potential. Based on the relationship between free energy and grand potential, physical properties such as atomic forces, vibrational frequencies, and Stark tuning rates are consistently evaluated. While atomic forces are found to be equivalent to Hellmann-Feynman forces in the canonical ensemble, vibrational frequencies and Stark tuning rates exhibit distinct behavior under grand-canonical conditions.

The archive contains input parameters, workflows, and computed results obtained using finite-displacement methods for the evaluation of vibrational properties and Stark tuning rates. These data enable the reproduction of the results reported in the associated publication and provide a reference for future studies of electrochemical interfaces under constant potential conditions.

en: Vibrational frequencies and stark tuning rate with continuum electro-chemical models and grand canonical density functional theory

grand-canonical-dft

display_name: grand-canonical-dft

stark-tuning-rate

display_name: stark-tuning-rate

vibrational-frequencies

display_name: vibrational-frequencies


en: We present a high-throughput computational screening for fast lithium-ion conductors aimed at identifying candidate materials for application in all-solid-state electrolytes. Beginning with more than 30,000 experimentally reported Li-containing structures drawn from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, the Materials Platform for Data Science (Pauling file), and the Crystallography Open Database, we apply a series of automated structural and compositional filters to obtain 1500 unique crystal structures suitable for electronic-structure calculations which yields nearly 1,000 electronic insulators. We then estimate Li-ion diffusivities for these insulating candidates using molecular dynamics simulations at multiple temperatures. To make simulations computationally feasible at this scale while preserving near first-principles fidelity, we employ a foundational machine-learned interatomic potential which is carefully fine-tuned on relevant Li-chemistries. We discuss the details of the fine-tuning strategies and data-consistency considerations required to obtain a very accurate and robust model. From the MD results, we identify three particularly promising novel oxide candidates for room-temperature solid-state electrolytes, including LiSn2(AsO4)3, LiIn(IO3)4, and LiB6S4(Cl3O4)2, which all exhibit ionic conductivity greater than 1 mS/cm at room temperature with diffusion barrier between 0.20 and 0.25 eV. We provide the full screening protocol as well as a prioritised list of materials for experimental follow-up, demonstrating the value of provenance-aware, ML-driven simulations in accelerating solid-state electrolyte discovery.

en: High-throughput screening for solid-state Li-ion conductors combining machine learning and first-principles calculations

dft

display_name: dft

first-principles

display_name: first-principles

high-throughput

display_name: high-throughput

li-ion-conductors

display_name: li-ion-conductors

molecular-dynamics

display_name: molecular-dynamics

solid-state-electrolytes

display_name: solid-state-electrolytes


en: The localized states in the band gap of amorphous phase change alloys like Ge2Sb2Te5 control the electrical conduction via the Poole-Frenkel mechanism. Understanding the origin of in-gap states and their evolution in time during aging of the glass is therefore important for the control of the resistance drift in phase change memory devices. Here, we use a machine learning interatomic potential to generate several models of Ge2Sb2Te5 whose electronic structure is then analyzed within density functional theory with a hybrid functional. A detailed statistical analysis of the structural motifs on which the in-gap states are localized, reveals that the vast majority of in-gap states involve wrong bonds (homopolar or Ge-Sb bonds) often accompanied by Ge in tetrahedral configurations or overcoordinated Ge and Sb atoms. Metadynamics simulations mimicking glass aging support the picture that structural relaxations lead to the depletion of in-gap states and then to an increase of resistance. The simulations thus provide important insights for the mitigation of the resistance drift in phase change memory devices.

en: On the origin of in-gap states in amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5

electronic-memories

display_name: electronic-memories

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

phase-change-materials

display_name: phase-change-materials


en: This record contains the computational data associated with the manuscript “Distinct O2 activation regimes and an activation–removal trade-off at 3d-metal-doped MoS2 sulfur vacancies” by Park and Kim. The dataset includes optimized atomic structures, representative VASP input templates, and curated tabulated data supporting the reported adsorption energies, structural parameters, electronic descriptors, and kinetic benchmarks for Fe-, Co-, Ni-, and Cu-doped MoS2 sulfur vacancies. The data are intended to support reproducibility of the figures and tables in the manuscript and the Supporting Information. Detailed descriptions of the individual files and folders are provided in the accompanying README.txt file.

en: Computational dataset for distinct O2 activation regimes and an activation–removal trade-off at 3d-metal-doped MoS2 sulfur vacancies

cohp

display_name: cohp

density-functional-theory

display_name: density-functional-theory

electronic-structure-descriptors

display_name: electronic-structure-descriptors

oxygen-activation

display_name: oxygen-activation

single-atom-catalyst

display_name: single-atom-catalyst

strain-engineering

display_name: strain-engineering

sulfur-vacancy

display_name: sulfur-vacancy

transition-metal-doping

display_name: transition-metal-doping


en: These data characterize the activation processes of CoSn(OH)6-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline conditions. Crystalline (CoSn25), crystalline defective (CoSn150) and amorphous (CoSn300) catalysts with identical metal compositions from the same precursor batch were considered. The operando X-ray diffraciton and X-ray abosorption spectroscopy indicate that crystalline and amorphous catalysts take different reconstruction pathways under the reaction conditions. Co L-edge total electron yield data indicate that a metal-ligand charge transfer surface state is formed during electrochemical activation that correlates well with the observed electrochemical activity.

en: Characteristic data of the CoSn(OH)6 alkaline electrochemical activation processes.

electrocatalysis

display_name: electrocatalysis

oer

display_name: oer

operando

display_name: operando

oxygen-evolution-reaction

display_name: oxygen-evolution-reaction

synchrotron

display_name: synchrotron

x-ray-absorption-spectroscopy

display_name: x-ray-absorption-spectroscopy

x-ray-diffraction

display_name: x-ray-diffraction


en: This dataset contains structural minima, saddle-point structures, and transformation pathways of magic-size gold nanoclusters. Gold nanoclusters exhibit a complex energy landscape characterized by competing structural motifs and narrow energy gaps, which facilitate structural coexistence and rapid interconversion. In this study, we employ a high-accuracy machine-learned potential, trained on 20,000 density functional theory reference points, to investigate the structural transformation pathways of Au55, Au147, Au309, and Au561 nanoclusters. Our analysis encompasses transitions between cuboctahedral, Ino's decahedral, and icosahedral geometries. Saddle point searches reveal that high-symmetry transformations are governed by "jitterbug"-type and slip-dislocation motions. Furthermore, we identify lower-barrier, asymmetric pathways that facilitate the transition into disordered, Jahn–Teller-stabilized distorted icosahedra. Using Minima Hopping sampling, we uncover a variety of low-symmetry minima, including new global minima for Au309 and Au561 that are up to 2.8 eV lower in energy than previously reported structures. In contrast to prior computational results, our predicted transformation pathways are in qualitative agreement with experimental observations, suggesting that these newly identified disordered motifs are central to the structural evolution of gold nanoclusters.

en: The transformation mechanisms among cuboctahedra, Ino's decahedra and icosahedra structures of magic-size gold nanoclusters

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

dft

display_name: dft

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

nanoclusters

display_name: nanoclusters


en:
This dataset supports a computational study of finite-concentration pair breaking in Mn- and Co-doped 2H-NbSe2 using the coherent potential approximation combined with Bogoliubov-de Gennes calculations within the KKR Green-function framework. The work investigates how magnetic impurities located on the van der Waals empty-sphere site modify the superconducting anomalous density of 2H-NbSe2 from the dilute impurity limit up to the critical concentration where superconductivity collapses.

The dataset contains the full AiiDA provenance needed to reproduce the calculations reported in the companion manuscript. It includes the pristine superconducting 2H-NbSe2 reference calculation, normal-state CPA KKR calculations for Mn and Co impurities, and self-consistent CPA-BdG concentration series for both dopants. These data reproduce the concentration-dependent normalized anomalous density, the impurity-dependent critical concentrations, and the comparison between Mn- and Co-induced changes in the superconducting response.

All calculations were performed with the JuKKR Green-function code through the AiiDA-KKR workflow infrastructure on the JURECA-DC supercomputer at Forschungszentrum Jülich, with additional computational resources from CLAIX at RWTH Aachen University. The record is intended to provide transparent access to the computational provenance, input and output data, and analysis workflow underlying the reported CPA-BdG results.

en: CPA-BdG calculations for Mn- and Co-doped 2H-NbSe2: finite-concentration pair breaking and anomalous density

materialscloud

en: Materials Cloud

aiida

display_name: aiida

anomalous-density

display_name: anomalous-density

bogoliubov-de-gennes-bdg

display_name: bogoliubov-de-gennes-bdg

co

display_name: co

coherent-potential-approximation-cpa

display_name: coherent-potential-approximation-cpa

kkr-green-function-method

display_name: kkr-green-function-method

magnetic-impurities

display_name: magnetic-impurities

mn

display_name: mn

pair-breaking

display_name: pair-breaking

spin-orbit-coupling

display_name: spin-orbit-coupling

superconductivity

display_name: superconductivity

transition-metal-dichalcogenide

display_name: transition-metal-dichalcogenide

yu-shiba-rusinov-states

display_name: yu-shiba-rusinov-states


en: Topological constraints such as the Bernal-Fowler ice rules govern atomic arrangements in proton-disordered crystals. Machine learning force fields (MLFFs) provide a computationally efficient route to exploring such disordered energy landscapes using on-the-fly sampling without explicit topological supervision. Whether such a data-driven approach can autonomously recover ice-rule constraints remains an open question. Here, we show that a data-efficient GAP-SOAP force field trained on 212 DFT calculations achieves a energy RMSE of 19 meV/H2O on Ice VII configurations and reproduces phonon dispersions and infrared spectra in good agreement with DFT. A representative trained model relaxes 8 × 8 × 8 supercells (3072 atoms) with randomized proton orientations into structures consistent with ice-rule constraints, recovering a body-centred cubic oxygen lattice at 30 GPa. Under compression, the model captures the qualitative features of the Ice VII → Ice X transformation and remains stable over the 30–90 GPa range for the tested configurations. While extended training does not guarantee monotonic improvement in all properties, the model enables efficient large-scale molecular dynamics, reaching approximately one frame per second on a single CPU core. These results demonstrate that local environment descriptors can encode key aspects of hydrogen-bond topology, providing a data-efficient route to structural relaxation in disordered molecular crystals.

en: Emergence of Bernal-Fowler ice rules in crystal structure prediction via data-efficient machine learning force fields: the case of Ice VII

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en: Environment

active-learning

display_name: active-learning

crystal-structure-prediction

display_name: crystal-structure-prediction

high-pressure-ice

display_name: high-pressure-ice

ice-rules

display_name: ice-rules

ice-vii

display_name: ice-vii

machine-learning-force-fields

display_name: machine-learning-force-fields


en: The Shastry-Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)2 (SCBO) is a paradigmatic low-dimensional quantum spin system, featuring geometrically frustrated interacting spin dimers and a rich landscape of emergent quantum phenomena. While its magnetic properties have been extensively explored, the nature of its electronic excitations - particularly the Cu2+ d–d transitions - remains poorly understood. A detailed characterization of these excitations is essential to determine the crystal field splitting and the degree of Cu 3d–O 2p hybridization, both of which underpin superexchange interactions and magnetic behavior in SCBO. Here, the electronic properties of SCBO are investigated by combining spectroscopic techniques with theoretical approaches for first-principles band structure calculations.Experimentally, we employ L3-edge resonant inelastic x‑ray scattering (RIXS) to directly probe intra-d excitations, supplemented by broadband infrared reflectivity and ellipsometry measurements to resolve charge-transfer (CT) features. Theoretically, multireference quantum chemistry calculations accurately reproduce the energies (1.8–2.4 eV) and symmetries of the observed d–d excitations, while band-structure calculations based on density functional theory elucidate the CT excitation spectrum. These combined approaches define the energy scales for both d–d and CT transitions, validate the computational framework, and provide quantitative microscopic parameters essential for refining superexchange-based magnetic models in this prototypical frustrated quantum antiferromagnet.

en: Probing high-energy electronic excitations in the Shastry-Sutherland compound SrCu2(BO3)2 with resonant inelastic x-ray scattering and optical spectroscopy

d-d-excitations

display_name: d-d-excitations

dftu

display_name: dftu

resonant-inelastic-x-ray-scattering

display_name: resonant-inelastic-x-ray-scattering

shastry-sutherland-model

display_name: shastry-sutherland-model


en: The dataset provides crystallographic information (CIF) files for 27 dynamically stable two-dimensional silicon–metal borophene monolayers (Manuscript ID: BP14856, submitted to Physical Review B), which are made available for reviewers to download and inspect. All structures were relaxed using density functional theory (DFT) with the projector augmented wave–generalized gradient approximation (PAW‑PBE) method, based on a periodic slab model with a vacuum gap of 30 Å. With these CIF files, the lattice parameters and chemical compositions can be conveniently cross‑checked against the present paper. The accompanying README file documents in detail all computational parameters, including the VASP code, the PAW‑PBE functional, a plane‑wave cutoff energy of 600 eV, and a k‑point grid spacing of 0.189 Å⁻¹.

en: Silicon-metal sublayer engineering of honeycomb borophene:   DFT-relaxed structures of 27 dynamically stable 2D X–Si–B monolayers

dft

display_name: dft

electron-phonon-coupling

display_name: electron-phonon-coupling


en: This archive contains the data supporting the manuscript of the same title. The calculations are for bulk antiferromagnetic (type-II) NiO in a four-atom rhombohedral cell, and comprise the Wannierization of the Kohn-Sham manifold, the linear-response calculation of the on-site (U) and inter-site (V) Hubbard parameters, DFT+U+V calculations, and the construction of the block-diagonalizing and hybridized projectors discussed in the manuscript.

en: DFT+U+V is equivalent to DFT+U with density-dependent hybridized projectors

electronic-structure

display_name: electronic-structure


en:
Semilocal density functionals such as the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional notoriously underestimate experimental band gaps. Hybrid functionals address this “band gap problem” by admixing a fraction of Fock exchange to semilocal exchange. The optimal mixing parameter depends on the specific material and can be identified as the inverse dielectric constant (dielectric-dependent hybrid functional, DDH). Here, we show that dielectric constants obtained using the r²SCAN meta-GGA functional are significantly more accurate than dielectric constants obtained using the semilocal PBE functional. We propose the DD-r²SCANH functional, a dielectric-dependent hybrid functional based on r²SCAN. DD-r²SCANH can outperform the standard PBE-based DDH in terms of band gaps and other electronic structure properties. Particularly impressive improvements are obtained for narrow-gap semiconductors such as Ge and InAs, where PBE wrongly predicts a metallic phase, but r²SCAN opens a band gap.

Here, we provide VASP input files for DD-r²SCANH, and further we provide the crystal structures used for our band gap benchmark in POSCAR format.

en: Dielectric-dependent hybrid functional from meta-GGA

density-functional-theory

display_name: density-functional-theory

electronic-bands

display_name: electronic-bands


en: In this study, we employ density functional theory calculations to investigate the reaction pathways of CO₂ conversion to CH₄ on hydrogen-deficient HB sheets, where H-vacancy sites serve as the active centers for CO₂ activation. Our results reveal that the conversion of CO₂ proceeds via a CO-mediated dissociative mechanism. We further consider the effect of O* participation as a reactant following C–O bond cleavage, and show that co-adsorbed OH* lowers the barrier for HCO* formation, making the associative pathway more kinetically favorable than the route proceeding via C*. The rate-determining step is identified as the hydrogenation of CH* to CH₂*, with a barrier of 2.02 eV, consistent with the experimentally observed negligible CH₄ yield under dry conditions. These findings provide mechanistic insight and complement existing experimental observations.

en: Carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methane on hydrogen boride sheet: a density functional theory study

reaction-pathway

display_name: reaction-pathway

vibrational-properties

display_name: vibrational-properties


en: When a superconductor is placed in contact with a normal material, Cooper pairs penetrate the latter and induce superconductivity via the proximity effect. Despite its central role in quantum materials, superconducting devices and topological platforms, a predictive first-principles description of the proximity effect at realistic interfaces has remained computationally prohibitive so far. Here, we fill this gap by developing a Green's-function framework based on real-space dynamical embedding that enables first-principles simulations of superconducting proximity in mesoscopic systems. We show that the proximity effect admits a transparent diagrammatic formulation in terms of normal and anomalous embedding self-energies, which disentangle and quantify the distinct renormalization mechanisms generated by coupling to a superconducting bath. By combining this formalism with recursive schemes, we compute local spectral functions and proximity lengths extending over hundreds of nanometers into the bulk without resorting to thick interface slabs. We deploy the approach on tight-binding models (Qi-Hughes-Zhang and Fu-Kane-Mele), where we analyze mixed-parity superconductivity in topological insulators proximitized by s-wave superconductors, and on first-principles simulations of NbSe2/CrBr3 heterostructures based on density-functional theory and maximally-localized Wannier functions, the latter enabling direct comparison with scanning tunneling spectroscopy experiments. Our work provides a scalable and conceptually unified framework that bridges microscopic electronic structure and mesoscale proximity physics, enabling predictive atomistic simulations of superconducting interfaces.

en: First-principles real-space embedding theory of the superconducting proximity effect

materialscloud

en:
Materials Cloud is a platform built to enable the seamless sharing and dissemination of resources in computational materials science, offering educational, research, and archiving tools; simulation software and services; and curated and raw data. These underpin published results and empower data-based discovery, compliant with data management plans and the FAIR principles.

In the Materials Cloud you can browse, explore, download, or deposit raw and curated data (in the Discover, Explore, and Archive sections); you can access cloud or redeployable simulation services (from AiiDAlab turnkey simulations to the Quantum Mobile virtual machine, the AiiDA registry of plugins and workflows, and the OSSCAR notebooks, in the Work section), and you can use all our educational material, tutorials and lectures (in the Learn section).

proximity-effect

display_name: proximity-effect

superconductivity

display_name: superconductivity

topological-materials

display_name: topological-materials