We develop novel computational methods to understand the properties of solids from their basic ingredients. We apply them to unveil the mysteries hidden in materials and to predict new exciting compounds.

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We use first-principles quantum mechanical methods to understand and predict the properties of materials.

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Non-trivial quantum geometry and the strength of electron–phonon coupling

Jiabin Yu, Christopher J. Ciccarino, Raffaello Bianco, Ion Errea, Prineha Narang and B. Andrei Bernevig
Nature Physics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02486-0 (2024)

Bending rigidity, sound propagation and ripples in flat graphene

Unai Aseginolaza, Josu Diego, Tommaso Cea, Raffaello Bianco, Lorenzo Monacelli, Francesco Libbi, Matteo Calandra, Aitor Bergara, Francesco Mauri and Ion Errea
Nature Physics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02441-z (2024)

Purely anharmonic charge density wave in the two-dimensional Dirac semimetal SnP

Martin Gutierrez-Amigo, Fang Yuan, Davide Campi, Leslie M. Schoop, Maia G. Vergniory and Ion Errea
Phys. Rev. B 109, 174112 (2024)