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Liebetreu at 13:20, 15 April 2026

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Liebetreu at 13:17, 15 April 2026

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Liebetreu at 13:15, 15 April 2026

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	\| style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\| [[Welcome\|Take a tour]] \|\| style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\|[[Installing VASP.6.X.X\|Install VASP]] \|\| style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\| [https://www.vasp.at/sign_in/registration_form/ Get a license]		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\| [[Welcome\|Take a tour]] \|\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\|[[Installing VASP.6.X.X\|Install VASP]] \|\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vpurple-bg);"\| [https://www.vasp.at/sign_in/registration_form/ Get a license]
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Liebetreu at 13:58, 13 April 2026

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Liebetreu at 13:54, 13 April 2026

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	\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:~~#BBCCF5~~; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Phonons\| Phonons]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Lattice vibrations, [[Phonons_from_finite_differences \| finite differences]], [[Computing_the_phonon_dispersion_and_DOS \| phonon dispersion relation]].		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vblue-bg); padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Phonons\| Phonons]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Lattice vibrations, [[Phonons_from_finite_differences \| finite differences]], [[Computing_the_phonon_dispersion_and_DOS \| phonon dispersion relation]].
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	\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:~~#BBCCF5~~; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vblue-bg); padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].
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	\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:~~#BBCCF5~~; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, [[:Category:XAS\|X-ray]], [[:Category:NMR\|NMR]]), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vblue-bg); padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, [[:Category:XAS\|X-ray]], [[:Category:NMR\|NMR]]), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.
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	\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:~~#BBCCF5~~; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:var(--vblue-bg); padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.
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Liebetreu at 13:54, 13 April 2026

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Liebetreu at 13:51, 13 April 2026

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Huebsch: /* Featured topics */

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Huebsch at 12:38, 23 October 2025

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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation functionals\|Exchange-correlation functionals]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|LDA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|GGA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|meta-GGA]], [[:Category:DFT+U\|DFT+U]], [[:Category:Hybrid functionals\|hybrid functionals]], [[:Category:van_der_Waals_functionals\|van der Waals functionals]].		\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation functionals\|Exchange-correlation functionals]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|LDA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|GGA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|meta-GGA]], [[:Category:DFT+U\|DFT+U]], [[:Category:Hybrid functionals\|hybrid functionals]], [[:Category:van_der_Waals_functionals\|van der Waals functionals]].
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Symmetry\| Symmetry and structure]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Crystal symmetry, [[:Category:Crystal momentum\|reciprocal space]], surfaces, pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.		\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Symmetry\| Symmetry and structure]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Crystal symmetry, [[:Category:Crystal momentum\|reciprocal space]], [[:Category:2D materials\|surfaces]], pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ionic minimization\| Ionic minimization]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Structure optimization]], ionic-minimization methods, [[:Category:Forces\|forces]], [[:Category:Transition States\|transition states]], etc.		\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ionic minimization\| Ionic minimization]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Structure optimization]], ionic-minimization methods, [[:Category:Forces\|forces]], [[:Category:Transition States\|transition states]], etc.

Csheldon at 13:54, 27 May 2025

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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].		\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, X-ray), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.		\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, [[:Category:XAS\|X-ray]], [[:Category:NMR\|NMR]]), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.		\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.

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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Theory\| Theoretical background]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| We collect '''theory pages''' from all the different areas VASP offers functionalities. These can also be found in the corresponding category of the topic. For instance, the article on the [[Blocked-Davidson algorithm]] is also linked from the [[electronic minimization]] page.		\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Theory\| Theoretical background]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| We collect '''theory pages''' from all the different areas VASP offers functionalities. These can also be found in the corresponding category of the topic. For instance, the article on the [[Blocked-Davidson algorithm]] is also linked from the [[electronic minimization]] page.
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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Calculation setup\| Calculation setup]] \|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white" \| The '''computational setup''' considers the [[installation]], the input and output [[files]], [[performance]], etc. To learn how to set up your calculation, it is probably best to look for a [[:Category:Howto\|how-to page]], e.g., [[setting up an electronic minimization]], [[band-structure calculation using ~~hybrid functionals~~]], [[constructing Wannier orbitals]], [[structure optimization]], etc.		\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Calculation setup\| Calculation setup]] \|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white" \| The '''computational setup''' considers the [[installation]], the input and output [[files]], [[performance]], etc. To learn how to set up your calculation, it is probably best to look for a [[:Category:Howto\|how-to page]], e.g., [[setting up an electronic minimization]], [[band-structure calculation using DFT]], [[constructing Wannier orbitals]], [[structure optimization]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|[[:Category:Electronic minimization\| Electronic minimization]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| '''Electronic minimization''' is the central task in many calculations. Here, you find pages describing the [[self-consistency cycle]], different algorithms, e.g., [[blocked-Davidson algorithm]], [[RMM-DIIS]], [[direct optimization of the orbitals]], and related topics like [[preconditioning]], [[density mixing]], etc.		\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|[[:Category:Electronic minimization\| Electronic minimization]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| '''Electronic minimization''' is the central task in many calculations. Here, you find pages describing the [[self-consistency cycle]], different algorithms, e.g., [[blocked-Davidson algorithm]], [[RMM-DIIS]], [[direct optimization of the orbitals]], and related topics like [[preconditioning]], [[density mixing]], etc.

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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Theory\| Theoretical background]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| We collect '''theory pages''' from all the different areas VASP offers functionalities. These can also be found in the corresponding category of the topic. For instance, the article on the [[Blocked-Davidson algorithm]] is also linked from the [[electronic minimization]] page.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Theory\| Theoretical background]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| We collect '''theory pages''' from all the different areas VASP offers functionalities. These can also be found in the corresponding category of the topic. For instance, the article on the [[Blocked-Davidson algorithm]] is also linked from the [[electronic minimization]] page.
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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Calculation setup\| Calculation setup]] \|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white" \| The '''computational setup''' considers the [[installation]], the input and output [[files]], [[performance]], etc. To learn how to set up your calculation, it is probably best to look for a [[:Category:Howto\|how-to page]], e.g., [[setting up an electronic minimization]], [[band-structure calculation using DFT]], [[constructing Wannier orbitals]], [[structure optimization]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Calculation setup\| Calculation setup]] \|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white" \| The '''computational setup''' considers the [[installation]], the input and output [[files]], [[performance]], etc. To learn how to set up your calculation, it is probably best to look for a [[:Category:Howto\|how-to page]], e.g., [[setting up an electronic minimization]], [[band-structure calculation using DFT]], [[constructing Wannier orbitals]], [[structure optimization]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|[[:Category:Electronic minimization\| Electronic minimization]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| '''Electronic minimization''' is the central task in many calculations. Here, you find pages describing the [[self-consistency cycle]], different algorithms, e.g., [[blocked-Davidson algorithm]], [[RMM-DIIS]], [[direct optimization of the orbitals]], and related topics like [[preconditioning]], [[density mixing]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|[[:Category:Electronic minimization\| Electronic minimization]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| '''Electronic minimization''' is the central task in many calculations. Here, you find pages describing the [[self-consistency cycle]], different algorithms, e.g., [[blocked-Davidson algorithm]], [[RMM-DIIS]], [[direct optimization of the orbitals]], and related topics like [[preconditioning]], [[density mixing]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electronic ground-state properties\| Electronic ground-state properties]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Band structure\|Band structure]], [[:Category:Density of states \|density of states]], partial DOS and on-site charge and magnetization ({{TAG\|LORBIT}}), [[:Category:Electrostatics \|electrostatics]], [[:Category:Charge density\|charge density]], [[:Category:Potential\|potential]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electronic ground-state properties\| Electronic ground-state properties]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Band structure\|Band structure]], [[:Category:Density of states \|density of states]], partial DOS and on-site charge and magnetization ({{TAG\|LORBIT}}), [[:Category:Electrostatics \|electrostatics]], [[:Category:Charge density\|charge density]], [[:Category:Potential\|potential]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Magnetism\| Spin degree of freedom]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Spin-orbit coupling, noncollinear magnetism, spin spirals, constrained magnetism, etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Magnetism\| Spin degree of freedom]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Spin-orbit coupling, noncollinear magnetism, spin spirals, constrained magnetism, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation functionals\|Exchange-correlation functionals]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|LDA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|GGA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|meta-GGA]], [[:Category:DFT+U\|DFT+U]], [[:Category:Hybrid functionals\|hybrid functionals]], [[:Category:van_der_Waals_functionals\|van der Waals functionals]].		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation functionals\|Exchange-correlation functionals]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|LDA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|GGA]], [[:Category:Exchange-correlation_functionals\|meta-GGA]], [[:Category:DFT+U\|DFT+U]], [[:Category:Hybrid functionals\|hybrid functionals]], [[:Category:van_der_Waals_functionals\|van der Waals functionals]].
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Symmetry\| Symmetry and structure]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Crystal symmetry, [[:Category:Crystal momentum\|reciprocal space]], [[:Category:2D materials\|surfaces]], pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Symmetry\| Symmetry and structure]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Crystal symmetry, [[:Category:Crystal momentum\|reciprocal space]], [[:Category:2D materials\|surfaces]], pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ionic minimization\| Ionic minimization]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Structure optimization]], ionic-minimization methods, [[:Category:Forces\|forces]], [[:Category:Transition States\|transition states]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ionic minimization\| Ionic minimization]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Structure optimization]], ionic-minimization methods, [[:Category:Forces\|forces]], [[:Category:Transition States\|transition states]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Molecular dynamics\| Molecular dynamics]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Barostats, [[:Category:Thermostats\|thermostats]], [[:Category:Ensembles\|ensembles]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Molecular dynamics\| Molecular dynamics]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Barostats, [[:Category:Thermostats\|thermostats]], [[:Category:Ensembles\|ensembles]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ensemble properties\| Ensemble properties]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Monitoring geometric parameters, pair-correlation function, thermal conductivity, diffusion, etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Ensemble properties\| Ensemble properties]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Monitoring geometric parameters, pair-correlation function, thermal conductivity, diffusion, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling\| Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling]] \|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Interface pinning]], [[constrained molecular dynamics]], [[metadynamics]], [[thermodynamic integration]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling\| Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling]] \|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Interface pinning]], [[constrained molecular dynamics]], [[metadynamics]], [[thermodynamic integration]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Machine-learned force fields\| Machine-learned force fields]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Training and application of force fields.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#D9F8F5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Machine-learned force fields\| Machine-learned force fields]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Training and application of force fields.
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Phonons\| Phonons]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Lattice vibrations, [[Phonons_from_finite_differences \| finite differences]], [[Computing_the_phonon_dispersion_and_DOS \| phonon dispersion relation]].		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Phonons\| Phonons]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Lattice vibrations, [[Phonons_from_finite_differences \| finite differences]], [[Computing_the_phonon_dispersion_and_DOS \| phonon dispersion relation]].
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Electron-phonon_interactions \| Electron-phonon interactions]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[Bandgap_renormalization_due_to_electron-phonon_coupling \| Band-structure renormalization]], [[Transport_coefficients_including_electron-phonon_scattering \| transport]], [[Electron-phonon_interactions_from_Monte-Carlo_sampling \|stochastic sampling]].
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, [[:Category:XAS\|X-ray]], [[:Category:NMR\|NMR]]), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Linear response\| Response theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric properties\|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, [[:Category:XAS\|X-ray]], [[:Category:NMR\|NMR]]), [[:Category:Phonons\|phonons]], etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#BBCCF5; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory\| Many-body perturbation theory]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, cRPA.
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	<!--\| [[:Category:Defects\| Defects and doping]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Dipole corrections for defects in solids, VCA, etc.		<!--\| [[:Category:Defects\| Defects and doping]]\|\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Dipole corrections for defects in solids, VCA, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Wannier functions\| Localized basis and projection]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Obtaining [[Wannier functions]], SCDM, partial DOS and on-site charge and magnetization ({{TAG\|LORBIT}}), [[Constrained-random-phase approximation]]		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#F1B3BA; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Wannier functions\| Localized basis and projection]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| Obtaining [[Wannier functions]], SCDM, partial DOS and on-site charge and magnetization ({{TAG\|LORBIT}}), [[Constrained-random-phase approximation]]
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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Performance\| Performance]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Parallelization\| Parallelization]], [[:Category:Memory\|memory management]], profiling, etc.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Performance\| Performance]]\|\|style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:Parallelization\| Parallelization]], [[:Category:Memory\|memory management]], profiling, etc.
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	\|style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:VASP6\|Outlook]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.		\|class="vasp-dark-link-panel" style="background-color:#DEC4EB; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\| [[:Category:VASP6\|Outlook]]\|\| style="background: white; padding:5px; border-style: solid; border-width: 15px; border-color: white"\|Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.
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