John P. Perdew
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy
School of Science and Engineering
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
 
perdew@tulane.edu
 
 
Professional    Professor of Physics, Tulane University                       1982-
Experience      Department Chair, Tulane University                             2001-03
                                                                                                                          1991-94
Associate Professor of Physics, Tulane University     1979-82
Assistant Professor of Physics, Tulane University      1977-79
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University                        1974-77
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto                     1971-74
 
Education        Ph.D.    Cornell University - Physics                                 1971
A.B.      Gettysburg College-Physics and Math
          /Summa Cum Laude                                            1965
 
Research         Solid State Theory
Interests          Density Functional Theory
Fundamentals of Materials Science and Quantum Chemistry
 
Societies         International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
(elected 2003) (http://www.iaqms.org)
American Physical Society  (Fellow, elected 1991)
American Association of Physics Teachers
                           American Chemical Society
Phi Beta Kappa
                           Sigma Xi
American Association of University Professors
 
 
Refereed Journal Articles and Edited Book Chapters
 
1.    J.P. Perdew  and J.W. Wilkins, Knight Shifts and Pauli Susceptibilities in Alkali Metal Alloys, Solid State Communications 8, 2041 (1970).
 
2.    J.P.  Perdew and J.W. Wilkins, Knight Shifts and Pauli Susceptibilities in Alkali Metals and Alloys, Physical Review B7, 2461 (1973).
 
3.    J.P.  Perdew  and S.H. Vosko, Calculation of the Band Structure, Fermi Surface, and Interband Optical Conductivity of Lithium, Journal of Physics F4, 380 (1974).
 
4.    L. Wilk, J.P. Perdew, and S.H.Vosko, High-Energy Optical Conductivity of Lithium: A Window for Plasmon-Induced Absorption? Physics Letters 48A, 379 (1974).
 
5.    J.P. Perdew, Simple Analytic Model for the Hyperfine Contact Density in a Metal, Journal of Physics F4, 1552 (1974).
 
6.    J.P Perdew and S.H. Vosko, Folding and Pseudopotential Theory, Physica Status Solidi (b) 63, K47 (1974).
 
7.    R.A. Moore, J.P.Perdew, and S.H.Vosko, Theory of the Electron-Phonon     Interaction, Canadian Journal of Physics 52,1304 (1974).
 
8.    J.P. Perdew, S.H.Vosko, and R.A. Moore, Electron-Phonon Interaction in Simple Metals: Beyond the Diffraction Model, Canadian Journal of Physics 52, 1315 (1974).
 
9.    J.P. Perdew, S.B. Nickerson, S.H.Vosko, and R.A. Moore, Comparison of Spherical Cell, OPW and APW Methods for Hyperfine Contact Densities,Canadian Journal of Physics 53, 648 (1975).
 
10.    S.H. Vosko and J.P. Perdew, Theory of the Spin Susceptibility of an Inhomogeneous Electron Gas Via the Density Functional Formalism, Canadian Journal of Physics 53, 1385 (1975).
 
11.    S.H. Vosko, J.P. Perdew, and A.H. MacDonald, Ab Initio Calculation of the Spin Susceptibility for the Alkali Metals Using the Density-Functional Formalism, Physical Review Letters 35, 1725 (1975).
 
12.    D.C. Langreth and J.P. Perdew, The Exchange-Correlation Energy of a Metallic Surface, Solid State Communications 17, 1425 (1975).
 
13.    A.H. MacDonald, J.P. Perdew, and S.H. Vosko, First Principles Calculations of the Volume Dependence of the Spin Susceptibility for Li and Na, Solid State Communications 18, 85 (1976).
 
14.    J.P. Perdew and S.H. Vosko, Phonon Frequencies of Lithium from a Local Effective Potential, Journal of Physics F6, 1421 (1976).
 
15.    J.P. Perdew and R. Monnier, Surface Energy of Simple Metals: Self-Consistent Inclusion of the Ion Potential, Physical Review Letters 37, 1286 (1976).
 
16.    D.C. Langreth and J. P. Perdew, Exchange-Correlation Energy of a Metallic Surface:  Wave-Vector Analysis, Physical Review B15, 2884  (1977).
 
17.    J.P. Perdew, D.C. Langreth, and V.Sahni, Corrections to the Local Density Approximation: Gradient Expansion Versus Wave-Vector Analysis for the Metallic Surface Problem, Physical Review Letters 38, 1030 (1977).
 
18.    J.P. Perdew, Density of States and Spin Susceptibility of a Finite  Metal:  Normal and Giant Surface Effects, Physical Review B 16, 1525      (1977).
 
19.    R. Monnier and J.P. Perdew, Surfaces of Real Metals by the Variational Self-Consistent Method, Physical Review B17, 2595 (1978); 22, 1124 (1980) (E).
 
20.    R. Monnier, J.P.Perdew, D.C. Langreth, and J.W. Wilkins, Change-in Self-Consistent-Field Theory of the Work Function, Physical Review B18, 656 (1978).
 
21.    G.L. Oliver and J.P. Perdew, Spin-Density Gradient Expansion of the Kinetic Energy, Physical Review A20, 397 (1979).
 
22.    J.P. Perdew and V. Sahni, Accurate and Easy Method for Work Function Calculations, Solid State Communications 30, 87 (1979).
 
23.    D.C. Langreth and J.P. Perdew, The Gradient Approximation to the Exchange-Correlation Energy Functional:  A Generalization that Works, Solid State Communications 31, 567 (1979).
 
24.    J.P. Perdew, Orbital Functional for Exchange and Correlation: Self-Interaction Correction to the Local Density Approximation, Chemical Physics Letters 64, 127 (1979).
 
25.    J.P. Perdew, Comments on the Metal Surface from a Simple Analytic Model, Physical Review B 21, 869 (1980).
 
26.    D.C. Langreth and J.P. Perdew, Theory of Non-Uniform Electronic Systems:  I. Analysis of the Gradient Approximation and a Generalization that Works, Physical Review B21, 5469 (1980).
 
27.    J.P. Perdew and T. Datta, Charge and Spin Density Waves in Jellium, Physica Status Solidi (b) 102, 283 (1980).
 
28.    A. Zunger, J.P. Perdew, and G.L. Oliver, A Self-Interaction Corrected Approach to Many-Electron Systems:  Beyond the Local Spin Density Approximation, Solid State Communications 34, 933 (1980).
 
29.    J.P. Perdew and R. Monnier, Physics of Lattice Relaxation at Aluminum  Surfaces, Journal of Physics F10, L287 (1980).
 
30.    J.P. Perdew and A. Zunger, Self-Interaction Correction to Density  Functional Approximations for Many-Electron Systems, Physical Review B23, 5048 (1981).
 
31.    J.P. Perdew, J.H. Rose, and H.B. Shore, Density Functional Theory of Autodetaching States, Journal of Physics B14, L233 (1981).
 
32.    V. Sahni, J.P. Perdew, and J. Gruenebaum, Variational Calculations of Low-Index Crystal Face-Dependent Surface Energies and Work Functions of Simple Metals, Physical Review B23, 6512 (1981).
 
33.    J.P. Perdew, E.R. McMullen, and A. Zunger, Density Functional Theory  of the Correlation Energy in Atoms and Ions:  A Simple Analytic Model and a Challenge, Physical Review A23, 2785 (1981).
 
34.    V. Sahni, J. Gruenebaum, and J.P. Perdew, Study of the Density-Gradient Expansion for the Exchange Energy, Physical Review B26, 4371 (1982).
 
35.    M. Levy and J.P. Perdew, In Defense of the Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem and Density Functional Theory, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 21, 511 (1982).
 
36.    J.P. Perdew, Physics of Lattice Relaxation at Surfaces of Simple Metals, Physical Review B25, 6291 (1982).
 
37.    L.A. Cole and J.P. Perdew, Calculated Electron Affinities of the Elements, Physical Review A25, 1265 (1982).
 
38.    J.P. Perdew, Self-Interaction Correction, in  Local Density Approximations in Quantum Chemistry and Solid State Physics, eds. J. Avery and J.P. Dahl (Plenum, 1984). (A preliminary version appeared in Density Functional Theory, eds. J. Keller and J.L. Gazquez  (Springer-Verlag, 1983).)
 
39.    E.R. McMullen, J.P. Perdew,and J.H. Rose, Effects of an Intense Electric Field on Metal Surface  Geometry, Solid State Communications 44, 945 (1982).
 
40.    J.P. Perdew and L.A. Cole, On the Local Density Approximation for Breit Interaction, Journal of Physics C15, L905 (1982).
 
41.    D.C. Langreth and J.P. Perdew, Exchange-Correlation Energy of a Metallic Surface: Wave-Vector Analysis. II, Physical Review B26 2810 (1982).
 
42.    J.P. Perdew and M.R. Norman, Electron Removal Energies in Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory, Physical Review B26, 5445 (1982).
 
43.    D.C. Langreth and J.P. Perdew, Small and Large Wave-Vector Behavior     for the Structure Factor of an Interacting Non-Uniform Electron Gas:  A Reply Physics Letters A92, 451 (1982).
 
44.    J.P. Perdew, R.G. Parr, M. Levy, and J.L. Balduz, Density Functional Theory for Fractional Particle Number: Derivative Discontinuities of the Energy, Physical Review Letters 49, 1691 (1982).
 
45.    M.R. Norman and J.P. Perdew, Simplified Self-Interaction Correction Applied to the Energy Bands of Neon and Sodium Chloride, Physical Review B28, 2135 (1983).
 
46.    J.P. Perdew and M. Levy, Physical Content of the Exact Kohn-Sham Orbital Energies: Band Gaps and Derivative Discontinuities, Physical Review Letters 51, 1884 (1983).
 
47.    J.P. Perdew and M.R. Norman, Reply to the Comment on 'Electron Removal Energies in Kohn-Sham Density-Functional Theory', Physical Review B30, 3525 (1984).
 
48.    J.P. Perdew and M. Levy, Density Functional Theory for Open Systems, in Many-Body Phenomena at Surfaces, eds D.C. Langreth and H. Suhl (Academic, 1984).
     
49.    J.P. Perdew and J.R. Smith, Can Desorption be Described by the Local Density Formalism?, Surface Science 141, L295 (1984).
 
50.    M. Levy, J.P. Perdew, and V. Sahni, Exact Differential Equation for the Density and Ionization Energy of a Many-Particle System, Physical  Review A30, 2745 (1984).
 
51.    J.P. Perdew, What Do the Kohn-Sham Orbital Energies Mean?  How Do Atoms Dissociate?, in Density Functional Methods in Physics, eds. R.M. Dreizler and J. da Providencia (Plenum, 1985).
 
52.    M. Levy and J.P. Perdew, The Constrained Search Formulation of     Density Functional Theory, in Density Functional Methods in Physics, eds. R.M. Dreizler and J. da Providencia (Plenum, 1985).
 
53.    J.P. Perdew and M. Levy, Extrema of the Density Functional for the Energy: Excited States from the Ground-State Theory, Physical Review B31, 6264 (1985).
 
54.    M. Levy and J.P. Perdew, Hellmann-Feynman, Virial and Scaling  Requisites for the Exact Universal Density Functionals; Shape of the Correlation Potential and Diamagnetic Susceptibility for Atoms, Physical Review A32, 2010 (1985).
 
55.    M. Levy and J.P. Perdew, Success of Quantum Mechanical Approximations for Molecular Geometries and Electron-Nuclear Attraction Expectation Values: Gift of the Coulomb Potential?,  Journal of Chemical Physics 84, 4519 (1986).
 
56.    J.P. Perdew, Density Functional Theory and the Band Gap Problem, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry S19, 497 (1986); 30, 451 (1986).
 
57.    M. Levy and J.P. Perdew, Properties of the Exact Universal Density and One-Matrix Functionals, International Journal of Quantum    Chemistry S19, 743 (1986).
 
58.    J.P. Perdew, Accurate Density Functional for the Energy: Real-Space Cutoff of the Gradient Expansion for the Exchange Hole, Physical Review Letters 55, 1665 (1985); 55, 2370 (1985) (E).
 
59.    J.P. Perdew, V. Sahni, M.K. Harbola, and R.K. Pathak, Fourth-Order Gradient Expansion of the Fermion Kinetic Energy: Extra Terms for Non-Analytic Densities, Physical Review B34, 686 (1986); 37, 4257 (1988) (E).
 
60.    J.P. Perdew and Wang Y., Accurate and Simple Density Functional for the Electronic Exchange Energy: Generalized Gradient Approximation, Physical Review B33, 8800 “Rapid Communication) (1986); 40, 3399 (1989) (E).
 
61.    J.P. Perdew, Density Functional Approximation for the Correlation     Energy of the Inhomogeneous Electron Gas, Physical Review B33, 8822 (Rapid Communication) (1986); 34, 7406 (1986) (E).
 
62.    J.P. Perdew, M. Levy, G.S. Painter, S. Wei, and J.B. Lagowski, Chemical Bond as a Test of Density-Gradient Expansions for Kinetic and Exchange Energies, Physical Review B37, 838 (1988).
 
63.    J.P. Perdew, What's Right and What's Wrong with the Density-Gradient Expansions for the Exchange and Correlation Energies? in Condensed Matter Theories, Vol. II, ed P. Vashishta, R.K. Kalia and R.F. Bishop (Plenum, 1987).
 
64.    E.R. McMullen and J.P. Perdew, Theory of Field Evaporation of the Surface Layer in Jellium and Other Metals, Physical Review B36, 2598 (1987).
 
65.    J.P. Perdew and Y. Wang, Electron Density Functionals from the  Gradient Expansion of the Density Matrix:  The Trouble with Long-Range Interactions, in Mathematics Applied to Science, ed J.A. Goldstein, S. Rosencrans and G. Sod, (Academic, 1988).
 
66.    M. Levy, R.K. Pathak, J.P. Perdew, and S. Wei, Indirect Path Methods for Atomic and Molecular Energies, and new Koopmans Theorems, Physical Review A36, 2491 “Rapid Communication) (1987).
 
67.    J.P. Perdew, Energies of Charged Metallic Particles: From Atom to Bulk Solid, Physical Review B37, 6175 (1988).
 
68.    J.P. Perdew, M.K. Harbola, and V. Sahni, Generalized Gradient Approximations for Exchange and Correlation: Numerical Tests and Prospects, in Condensed Matter Theories, Vol.III, ed. J. Arponen, R.F. Bishop and M. Manninen (Plenum, 1988).
 
69.    J.P. Perdew and Y. Wang, Jellium Work Function for All Electron  Densities, Physical Review B38, 12228 (1988).
 
70.    J.P. Perdew, Ionization Energy and Electron Affinity of Metallic Clusters: Simple Link Between Microcosm and Macrocosm, in Condensed Matter Theories, Vol IV, ed. J. Keller (Plenum, 1989).
 
71.    Z.Y. Zhang, D.C. Langreth, and J.P. Perdew, Planar-Surface Charge Densities and Energies Beyond the Local Density Approximation, Physical Review B41, 5674 (1990).
 
72.    J.P. Perdew, Size-Consistency, Self-Interaction Correction, and Derivative Discontinuity in Density Functional Theory, in Density Functional Theory of Many-Fermion Systems, edited by S.B. Trickey (Advances in Quantum Chemistry, Vol. 21,113, Academic Press, 1990) (invited article to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem).
 
73.    Y. Wang, J.P. Perdew, J.A.Chevary, L.D. Macdonald, and S.H. Vosko, Exchange Potentials in Density Functional Theory, Physical Review A41, 78 (1990).
 
74.    J.P. Perdew, H.Q. Tran, and E.D. Smith, Stabilized Jellium:     Structureless Pseudopotential Model for the Cohesive and Surface Properties of Metals, Physical Review B42, 11627 (1990).
 
75.    E. Engel and J.P. Perdew, Theory of Metallic Clusters:  Asymptotic Size-Dependence of Electronic Properties, Physical Review B43, 1331 (1991).
 
76.    J.P. Perdew, Y. Wang, and E.Engel, Liquid-Drop Model for Crystalline  Metals: Vacancy-Formation, Cohesive, and Face-Dependent Surface Energies, Physical Review Letters 66, 508 (1991).
 
77.    J.P. Perdew, Generalized Gradient Approximations for Exchange and Correlation: A Look Forward and Backward, Physica B172 1 (1991).
 
78.    Y. Wang and J.P. Perdew, Spin Scaling of the Electron-Gas Correlation Energy in the High Density Limit, Physical Review B43 , 8911 (1991).
 
79.    J.P. Perdew, Unified Theory of Exchange and Correlation Beyond the Local Density Approximation, in Electronic Structure of Solids '91, page 11, edited by P. Ziesche and H. Eschrig (Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1991).
 
80.    Y. Wang and J.P. Perdew, Correlation Hole of the Spin-Polarized     Electron Gas,with Exact Small-Wavevector and High-Density Scaling,     Physical Review B44, 13298 (1991).
 
81.    C. Fiolhais and J.P. Perdew, Energies of Curved Metallic Surfaces from the Stabilized Jellium Model, Physical Review B45, 6207 (1992).
 
82.    J.P. Perdew and G. Rosensteel, Metal-Surface Correlation Energy from the Liquid Drop Model: A Back-of-the-Envelope Estimate, Modern Physics Letters B5, 1081 (1991).
 
83.    J.P. Perdew, J.A. Chevary, S.H. Vosko, K.A. Jackson, M.R. Pederson, D.J. Singh, and C. Fiolhais, Atoms, Molecules, Solids, and Surfaces: Applications of the Generalized Gradient Approximation for Exchange and Correlation, Physical Review B46, 6671 (1992);