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- February 2023
- JEP to give an invited talk at the 62nd Sanibel Symposium.
- December 2022
- Our paper "Density Matrix Implementation of the Fermi-Löwdin Orbital Self-interaction Correction Method" by J. I. Melo, M. R. Pederson, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in J. Phys. Chem. A. Congratulations!
- October 2022
- Our paper "Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of an Fe36 dimethylarsinate cluster: the largest ‘ferric wheel'" by K. H. K. Lee, L. Aebersold, J. E. Peralta, K. Abboud, and G. Christou was accepted in Inorg. Chem. Congratulations to all the authors!
- October 2022
- JEP to give an invited talk at the Physics Department, Tulane University.
- September 2022
- Our paper "Validation of the Green’s Function Approximation for the Calculation of Magnetic Exchange Couplings" by Lucas E. Aebersold, Ashlyn R. Hale, George Christou, and Juan E. Peralta was accepted in J. Phys. Chem A Congratulations Lucas!
- Our paper "Accelerating the Discovery of Battery Electrode Materials through Data Mining and Deep Learning Models" by I. A. Moses, V. Barone, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in J. Power Sources Congratulations Isaiah!
- June 2022
- Our paper "Analysis of spin frustration in an FeIII7 cluster using a combination of computational, experimental, and magnetostructural correlation methods" by A. R. Hale, L. E. Aebersold, J. E. Peralta, D. Foguet-Albiol, K. A. Abboud, and G. Christou was accepted in Polyhedron
- June 2022
- Our paper "Magnetic Control over the Fundamental Structure of Atomic Wires" by S. Chakrabarti, A. Vilan, G. Deutch, A. Oz, O. Hod, J. E. Peralta and O. Tal was accepted in Nat. Commun.
- June 2022
- Our paper "Magnetic Properties of High Nuclearity Fex-oxo (x = 7, 22, 24) Clusters Analyzed by a Multi-Pronged Experimental, Computational, and Magnetostructural Correlation Approach" by A. Hale, M. Lott, J. E. Peralta, D. Foguet-Albiol, K. Abboud, and G. Christou was accepted in Inorg. Chem.
- June 2022
- Our paper "Atomic Structure and Mott Nature of the Insulating Charge Density Wave Phase of 1T-TaS2" by V. Petkov, J. E. Peralta, B. Aoun and Y. Ren was accepted in J. Phys. Condens. Matter.
- June 2022
- Duyen and Lucas presented at the 52nd Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference in Columbus, OH.
- May 2022
- JEP to give an invited talk at the 2022 NAGC meeting, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
- May 2022
- Duyen and Lucas presented at the 2022 MAGNA meeting, Gainesville, FL.
- February 2022
- Our paper "Study of self-interaction errors in density-functional calculations of magnetic exchange coupling constants using three self-interaction-correction methods" by P. Mishra, Y. Yamamoto, P.-H. Chang, D. Nguyen, J. E. Peralta, T. Baruah, and R. Zope was accepted in J. Phys. Chem. A,
Congratulations to all the authors!
- March 2022
- Duyen, Lucas, and Puskar to present at the APS march meeting in Chicago.
- February 2022
- Our paper "Fermi-Löwdin Orbital Self-Interaction Correction of Adsorption Energies on Transition Metal Ions" by Kushantha P. K. Withanage, Kamal Sharkas,J. Karl Johnson, John P. Perdew, Juan E. Peralta, and Koblar A. Jackson was accepted in J. Chem. Phys.,
Congratulations to all the authors!
- March 2022
- JEP to give an invited talk at the ACS meeting in San Diego, CA (session: New Quantum Solutions for Quantum Systems and Devices).
- September 2021
- JEP to give an invited talk at the University of Texas, El Paso.
- September 2021
- JEP to give a virtual invited talk at the 2021 ICCMSE (Heraklion, Crete).
- August 2021
- Our paper "How well do self-interaction corrections repair the over-estimation of molecular polarizabilities in density functional calculations?" by S. Akter, J. A. Vargas, K. Sharkas, J. E. Peralta, K. A. Jackson, T. Baruah, and R. R. Zope was accepted in Phys, Chem. Chem. Phys,
Congratulations to all the authors!
- August 2021
- Our paper "Initial Fermi orbital descriptors for FLOSIC calculations: The quick-FOD method" by D. B. Nguyen, M. R. Pederson, J. P. Perdew, K. A. Jackson, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in
Chem. Phys, Lett.
Congratulations Duyen!
- July 2021
- Thanks DoE for the continued support of the FLOSIC Center! Check out the local news article in the Morning Sun.
- December 2020
- Our paper "Density-related properties from self-interaction corrected density functional theory calculations" by K. Withanage, P. Bhattarai, J. E. Peralta, R. Zope, T. Baruah, J. P. Perdew, and K. A. Jackson was accepted in
J. Chem. Phys.
Congratulations to all the authors!
- December 2020
- JEP to give a virtual invited talk at the University of Chile.
- December 2020
- Our paper "Iron(III)–Oxo Cluster Chemistry with Dimethylarsinate Ligands: Structures, Magnetic Properties, and Computational Studies" by K. H. K. Lee, J. E. Peralta, K. A. Abboud, and G. Christou was published in
Inorg. Chem.
Congratulations to all the authors!
- June 2020
- Thanks DoE for the continued support!
- May 2020
- Our collaboration paper "A step in the direction of resolving the paradox of Perdew–Zunger self-interaction correction. II. Gauge consistency of the energy density at three levels of approximation" by
P. Bhattarai1, K. Wagle, C. Shahi, Y. Yamamoto, S. Romero, B. Santra, R. R. Zope, J. E. Peralta, K. A. Jackson, and J. P. Perdew was published in
J. Chem. Phys.
Congratulations to all the authors!
- March 2020
- Our paper "Self-interaction error overbinds water clusters but cancels in structural energy differences" by
K. Sharkas, K. Wagle, B. Santra, S. Akter, R. R. Zope, T. Baruah, K. A. Jackson, J. P. Perdew, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Congratulations to all the authors!
- March 2020
- Kamal, Kai, and Kushantha to give talks at the 2020 APS march meeting in Denver, CO (canceled due to Covid-19).
- February 2020
- JEP to give an invited talk at the 2020 MAGNA conference, St. Simons Island, GA.
- December 2019
- Our paper "Magnetic properties of closo-carborane-based Co(II) single-ion complexes with O, S, Se, and Te bridging atoms" by
O. B. Oña, D. R. Alcoba, G. E. Massaccesi, A. Torre, L. Lain, J. I. Melo, J. M. Oliva-Enriche, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in
Polyhedron
Congratulations to all the authors!
- November 2019
- JEP to give a virtual invited talk at the VIII Workshop on Novel Methods for Electronic Structure Calculations, La Plata, Argentina.
- November 2019
- Our collaboration paper "A step in the Direction of Resolving the Paradox of Perdew-Zunger Self-interaction Correction" by R. Zope, Y. Yamamoto, C. Diaz, T. Baruah, J. E. Peralta, K. A. Jackson, B. Santra, and J. P. Perdew was accepted in
J. Chem. Phys.
Congratulations to the authors!
- November 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk at Oakland University, Michigan.
- October 2019
- Our paper "Accuracy of Density Functional Theory Methods for the Calculation of Magnetic Exchange Couplings in Binuclear Iron(III) Complexes" by R. P. Joshi, J. J. Phillips, K. J. Mitchell, G. Christou, K. A. Jackson, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in
Polyhedron
Congratulations to Rajendra, Jordan, and Kylie, who started this project long ago!
- October 2019
- Our collaboration paper "Molecular spin frustration in mixed-chelate Fe5 and Fe6 oxo clusters with high ground state spin values" by A. P. Singh, R. P. Joshi, K. A. Abboud, J. E. Peralta, and G. Christou
was accepted in
Polyhedron
Congratulations to all the authors!
- October 2019
- Our paper "The effect of self-interaction error on electrostatic dipoles calculated using density functional theory" by A. Johnson, K. Withanage, K. Sharkas, Y. Yamamoto, T. Baruah, R. Zope, J. E. Peralta, and K. A. Jackson
was accepted in
J. Chem. Phys.
Congratulations Alex!
- September 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk at the Workshop: Quo vadis Self-Interaction Correction? in Freiberg, Germany.
- August 2019
- Our collaboration paper "Interpretation and automatic generation of Fermi-orbital descriptors"
was accepted in
J. Comput. Chem.
Congratulations to all the authors: S. Schwalbe, K. Trepte, L. Fiedler, A. I. Johnson, J. Kraus, T. Hahn, J. E. Peralta, K. A. Jackson, and J. Kortus
- July 2019
- Dr. Rajendra Joshi graduated and he is movig to PNNL as a post-doctoral researcher. Congratualtions and farewell, Rajendra!
- July 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk at the 18th International Conference on Density Functional Theory and its Applications in Alicante, Spain.
- June 2019
- Our paper "Self-interaction-free Electric Dipole Polarizabilities for Atoms and their Ions Using the Fermi-Löwdin Self-interaction Correction" by K. P. K. Withanage, S. Akther,C. Shahi, R. P. Joshi, C. Díaz, Y. Yamamoto, R. Zope, T. Baruah, J. P. Perdew, J. E. Peralta, and K. A. Jackson was published in Phys. Rev. A
Congratulations Kushantha!
- June 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk and lecture at the Current Topict in Theoretical Chemistry in Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
- April 2019
- Our paper "Machine Learning the Voltage of Electrode Materials in Metal-ion Batteries" by R. Joshi, J. Eickholt, L. Li, M. Fornari, V. Barone, and J. E. Peralta was accepted in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Congratulations Rajendra! Check your voltage here
- April 2019
- Our paper "Comment: “Additional Insights between Fermi-Löwdin Orbital SIC and the Localization Equation Constraints in SIC-DFT" was accepted in
J. Phys. Chem. A
Congratulations to all the authors: K. A. Jackson, K. P. Withanage, and J. E. Peralta.
- April 2019
- Our collaboration paper "Stretched or noded orbital densities and self-interaction correction in density functional theory " was accepted in
J. Chem. Phys.
Congratulations to all the authors: Chandra Shahi, Puskar Bhattarai, Kamal Wagle, Biswajit Santra, Sebastian Schwallbe, Torsten Hahn, Jens Kortus, Koblar Jackson, Juan Peralta, Kai Trepte, Susi Lehtola, Niraj Nepal, Hemanadhan Myneni, Bimal Neupane, Santosh Adhikari, Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Yoh Yamamoto, Tunna Baruah, Rajendra Zope, and John Perdew
- March 2019
- Rajendra, Kushantha, Kai, and Alex presented their awesome work at the APS March meeting in Boston.
- March 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk at APS march meeting in Boston.
- February 2019
- JEP to give an invited talk at the University of South Dakota.
- February 2019
- Our paper "Towards efficient density functional theory calculations without self-interaction: The Fermi-Löwdin orbital self-interaction correction" was accepted in
J. Phys. Conf. Ser.
Congratulations to all the authors: K. A. Jackson, J. E. Peralta, R. P. Joshi, K. P. Withanage, K. Trepte, K. Sharkas and A. I. Johnson.
- January 2019
- Our paper "Magnetic Properties of Co(II) Complexes with Polyhedral Carborane Ligands" was accepted in
Inorg. Chem.
Congratulations to all the authors: Ofelia Oña, Diego Alcoba, Gustavo Massaccesi, Alicia Torre, Luis Lain, Juan Melo, and Josep Oliva-Enrich.
People
It's all about people. These are the guys that collaborate with me at CMU:
Duyen came from Vietnam to join our SAM PhD program.
Duyen
Angel is a Physics MS student from Mexico/California working on FLOSIC projects.
Angel
Alex is a Physics undergraduate working on modeling magnetic properties.
Alex
Lucas is a Postdoc working on the development of methods to calculate magnetic propoerties.
Lucas
Alan has been at CMU since 1992. He is the lead PI in the FLOSIC grant. Alan knows everything.
Alan
This is me. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires. The wind brought me here in 2007.
Juan