General performance of density functionals

SF Sousa, PA Fernandes… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The density functional theory (DFT) foundations date from the 1920s with the work of
Thomas and Fermi, but it was after the work of Hohenberg, Kohn, and Sham in the 1960s …

Benchmark calculations of interaction energies in noncovalent complexes and their applications

J Rezac, P Hobza - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Data sets of benchmark interaction energies in noncovalent complexes are an important tool
for quantifying the accuracy of computational methods used in this field, as well as for the …

Gaussian basis sets for use in correlated molecular calculations. X. The atoms aluminum through argon revisited

TH Dunning Jr, KA Peterson, AK Wilson - The Journal of Chemical …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
For molecules containing second row atoms, unacceptable errors have been found in
extrapolating dissociation energies calculated with the standard correlation consistent basis …

Development of density functionals for thermochemical kinetics

AD Boese, JML Martin - The Journal of chemical physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
A density functional theory exchange-correlation functional for the exploration of reaction
mechanisms is proposed. This functional, denoted BMK (Boese-Martin for Kinetics), has an …

Development of a “first principles” water potential with flexible monomers: Dimer potential energy surface, VRT spectrum, and second virial coefficient

V Babin, C Leforestier, F Paesani - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The development of a “first principles” water potential with flexible monomers (MB-pol) for
molecular simulations of water systems from gas to condensed phases is described. MB-pol …

Polarization consistent basis sets: Principles

F Jensen - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
The basis set convergence of Hartree–Fock energies for the H2, H3, C2, N2, N4, O2, O3, F2,
HF, and CH4 molecules is analyzed using optimized basis functions. Based on these …

High-accuracy quantum mechanical studies of π− π interactions in benzene dimers

MO Sinnokrot, CD Sherrill - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2006 - ACS Publications
Although supramolecular chemistry and noncovalent interactions are playing an
increasingly important role in modern chemical research, a detailed understanding of …

Benchmark databases for nonbonded interactions and their use to test density functional theory

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We present four benchmark databases of binding energies for nonbonded complexes. Four
types of nonbonded interactions are considered: hydrogen bonding, charge transfer, dipole …

Explicitly correlated electrons in molecules

C Hattig, W Klopper, A Kohn, DP Tew - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
One of the central challenges of computational molecular investigation is the solution of the
time-independent, nonrelativistic BornÀ Oppenheimer electronic Schrödinger equation. For …

[HTML][HTML] On the accuracy of the MB-pol many-body potential for water: Interaction energies, vibrational frequencies, and classical thermodynamic and dynamical …

SK Reddy, SC Straight, P Bajaj, C Huy Pham… - The Journal of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The MB-pol many-body potential has recently emerged as an accurate molecular model for
water simulations from the gas to the condensed phase. In this study, the accuracy of MB-pol …