Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Abstract: Over the past few decades, the planewave (PW) pseudopotential method has established itself as the dominant method for large, accurate, density-functional calculations in condensed matter. However, due to its global Fourier basis, the PW method suffers from substantial inefficiencies in parallelization and applications involving highly localized states, such as those involving 1st-row or transition-metal atoms, or other atoms at extreme conditions.