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Density Functional Theory

Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a computational method for determining the properties of materials and molecules by modeling the ground state electron density. Developed by Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham in the 1960s, DFT reduces the complexity of quantum chemistry from tracking individual electron coordinates to optimizing the total electron density, enabling efficient simulations of large molecular and condensed-matter systems.

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Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Taxonomic method record · ml-model / quantum-computing
  • Kohn, W., Sham, L. J. (1965). Self-consistent equations including exchange and correlation effects. Physical Review, 140, A1133–A1138. · DOI 10.1103/PhysRev.140.A1133
  • Hohenberg, P., Kohn, W. (1964). Inhomogeneous electron gas. Physical Review, 136, B864–B871. · DOI 10.1103/PhysRev.136.B864
  • Burke, K. (2012). Perspective on density functional theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 136, 150901. · DOI 10.1063/1.4704546
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