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Articlenpj computational materials2026

Algorithmic differentiation for plane-wave DFT: materials design, error control and learning model parameters.

Niklas Frederik Schmitz, Bruno Ploumhans, Michael F Herbst

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Article in npj computational materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Niklas Frederik SchmitzMathematics for Materials Modelling (MatMat), Institute of Mathematics & Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6362-3756
Bruno PloumhansMathematics for Materials Modelling (MatMat), Institute of Mathematics & Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0006-8204-4905
Michael F HerbstMathematics for Materials Modelling (MatMat), Institute of Mathematics & Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0378-7921

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Abstract

We present a differentiation framework for plane-wave density-functional theory (DFT) that combines the strengths of forward-mode algorithmic differentiation (AD) and density-functional perturbation theory (DFPT). In the resulting AD-DFPT framework derivatives of any DFT output quantity with respect to any input parameter (e.g., geometry, density functional or pseudopotential) can be computed accurately without deriving gradient expressions by hand. We implement AD-DFPT into the Density-Functional ToolKit (DFTK) and show its broad applicability. Amongst others we consider the inverse design of a semiconductor band gap, the learning of exchange-correlation functional parameters, or the propagation of DFT parameter uncertainties to relaxed structures. These examples demonstrate a number of promising research avenues opened by gradient-driven workflows in first-principles materials modeling.

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PMID41509707
PMCPMC12774857

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