title: Preface: Special Topic Section on Advanced Electronic Structure Methods for Solids and Surfaces.
abstract: This Special Topic section on Advanced Electronic Structure Methods for Solids and Surfaces contains a collection of research papers that showcase recent advances in the high accuracy prediction of materials and surface properties. It provides a timely snapshot of a growing field that is of broad importance to chemistry, physics, and materials science.
authors.affiliation: London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Angelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michaelides
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany and Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics and Center for Computational Materials Science, Department of Physics, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8/12, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kresse
authors.affiliation: Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Frederick R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Manby