VASP
E645118
atomistic simulation package
computational physics software
density functional theory code
electronic structure calculation code
plane-wave DFT code
VASP is a widely used first-principles computational physics software package for performing electronic structure calculations and atomistic simulations of materials.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atomistic simulation package
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computational physics software ⓘ density functional theory code ⓘ electronic structure calculation code ⓘ plane-wave DFT code ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
materials design
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nanotechnology ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ surface science ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| developer |
Georg Kresse
NERFINISHED
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Jürgen Furthmüller NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
computational materials science
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condensed matter physics ⓘ quantum chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName | Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licenseType |
commercial license
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proprietary license ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accuracy and efficiency for periodic systems
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wide use in electronic structure calculations of solids ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
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Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| parallelization |
MPI
NERFINISHED
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OpenMP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Fortran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresLicense | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMethod |
DFT+U
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GW approximation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hartree–Fock-like exact exchange ⓘ density functional theory ⓘ hybrid functionals ⓘ many-body perturbation theory ⓘ random phase approximation ⓘ time-dependent density functional theory ⓘ |
| supportsSimulationType |
ab initio molecular dynamics
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band structure calculations ⓘ defect calculations ⓘ density of states calculations ⓘ elastic properties calculations ⓘ electronic structure calculations ⓘ finite temperature simulations ⓘ geometry optimization ⓘ molecular dynamics ⓘ optical properties calculations ⓘ phonon calculations ⓘ surface calculations ⓘ |
| targetUser |
academic researchers
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industrial researchers ⓘ |
| usesBasisSet | plane waves ⓘ |
| usesPseudopotentials | projector augmented-wave method ⓘ |
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