Dispersion-corrected mean-field electronic structure methods

S Grimme, A Hansen, JG Brandenburg… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mean-field electronic structure methods like Hartree–Fock, semilocal density functional
approximations, or semiempirical molecular orbital (MO) theories do not account for long …

Semiempirical quantum mechanical methods for noncovalent interactions for chemical and biochemical applications

AS Christensen, T Kubar, Q Cui, M Elstner - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Semiempirical (SE) methods can be derived from either Hartree–Fock or density functional
theory by applying systematic approximations, leading to efficient computational schemes …

r2SCAN-3c: A “Swiss army knife” composite electronic-structure method

S Grimme, A Hansen, S Ehlert… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The recently proposed r 2 SCAN meta-generalized-gradient approximation (mGGA) of
Furness and co-workers is used to construct an efficient composite electronic-structure …

Accurate first-principles structures and energies of diversely bonded systems from an efficient density functional

J Sun, RC Remsing, Y Zhang, Z Sun, A Ruzsinszky… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
One atom or molecule binds to another through various types of bond, the strengths of which
range from several meV to several eV. Although some computational methods can provide …

B97-3c: A revised low-cost variant of the B97-D density functional method

JG Brandenburg, C Bannwarth, A Hansen… - The Journal of chemical …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A revised version of the well-established B97-D density functional approximation with
general applicability for chemical properties of large systems is proposed. Like B97-D, it is …

Consistent structures and interactions by density functional theory with small atomic orbital basis sets

S Grimme, JG Brandenburg, C Bannwarth… - The Journal of chemical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A density functional theory (DFT) based composite electronic structure approach is
proposed to efficiently compute structures and interaction energies in large chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: How good is DFT for water?

MJ Gillan, D Alfe, A Michaelides - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) has become established as an indispensable
tool for investigating aqueous systems of all kinds, including those important in chemistry …

How van der Waals interactions determine the unique properties of water

T Morawietz, A Singraber… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Whereas the interactions between water molecules are dominated by strongly directional
hydrogen bonds (HBs), it was recently proposed that relatively weak, isotropic van der …

Extension and evaluation of the D4 London-dispersion model for periodic systems

E Caldeweyher, JM Mewes, S Ehlert… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We present an extension of the DFT-D4 model [J. Chem. Phys., 2019, 150, 154122] for
periodic systems. The main new ingredients are additional reference polarizabilities for …

Modeling polymorphic molecular crystals with electronic structure theory

GJO Beran - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Interest in molecular crystals has grown thanks to their relevance to pharmaceuticals,
organic semiconductor materials, foods, and many other applications. Electronic structure …