Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - Molecular physics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the past 30 years, Kohn–Sham density functional theory has emerged as the most popular
electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing …

DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science

AM Teale, T Helgaker, A Savin, C Adamo… - Physical chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is
informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists …

Independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition: A new method for visual study of interactions in chemical systems

T Lu, Q Chen - Journal of computational chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The powerful independent gradient model (IGM) method has been increasingly popular in
visual analysis of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions in recent years. However …

Interaction region indicator: a simple real space function clearly revealing both chemical bonds and weak interactions

T Lu, Q Chen - Chemistry‐Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Graphically revealing interaction regions in a chemical system enables chemists to quickly
recognize where significant interactions have formed. Reduced density gradient (RDG) has …

A comprehensive electron wavefunction analysis toolbox for chemists, Multiwfn

T Lu - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Analysis of electron wavefunction is a key component of quantum chemistry investigations
and is indispensable for the practical research of many chemical problems. After more than …

A rare case of brominated small molecule acceptors for high-efficiency organic solar cells

H Liang, X Bi, H Chen, T He, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Given that bromine possesses similar properties but extra merits of easily synthesizing and
polarizing comparing to homomorphic fluorine and chlorine, it is quite surprising very rare …

Intermolecular interaction characteristics of the all-carboatomic ring, cyclo [18] carbon: Focusing on molecular adsorption and stacking

Z Liu, T Lu, Q Chen - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, an intriguing all-carboatomic ring, cyclo [18] carbon, was observed in the
condensed phase for the first time, and it quickly attracted widespread attention. In this …

Multiwfn: A multifunctional wavefunction analyzer

T Lu, F Chen - Journal of computational chemistry, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Multiwfn is a multifunctional program for wavefunction analysis. Its main functions are:(1)
Calculating and visualizing real space function, such as electrostatic potential and electron …

Exploring nature and predicting strength of hydrogen bonds: a correlation analysis between atoms‐in‐molecules descriptors, binding energies, and energy …

S Emamian, T Lu, H Kruse… - Journal of computational …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This work studies the underlying nature of H‐bonds (HBs) of different types and strengths
and tries to predict binding energies (BEs) based on the properties derived from wave …

Accurately extracting the signature of intermolecular interactions present in the NCI plot of the reduced density gradient versus electron density

C Lefebvre, G Rubez, H Khartabil… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An electron density (ED)-based methodology is developed for the automatic identification of
intermolecular interactions using pro-molecular density. The expression of the ED gradient …