Best‐practice DFT protocols for basic molecular computational chemistry

M Bursch, JM Mewes, A Hansen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, many chemical investigations are supported by routine calculations of molecular
structures, reaction energies, barrier heights, and spectroscopic properties. The lion's share …

Delocalization error: The greatest outstanding challenge in density‐functional theory

KR Bryenton, AA Adeleke, SG Dale… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Every day, density‐functional theory (DFT) is routinely applied to computational modeling of
molecules and materials with the expectation of high accuracy. However, in certain …

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 …

Assessing density functional theory for chemically relevant open-shell transition metal reactions

LR Maurer, M Bursch, S Grimme… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to the principle lack of systematic improvement possibilities of density functional theory,
careful assessment of the performance of density functional approximations (DFAs) on well …

The predictive power of exact constraints and appropriate norms in density functional theory

AD Kaplan, M Levy, JP Perdew - Annual Review of Physical …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Ground-state Kohn-Sham density functional theory provides, in principle, the exact ground-
state energy and electronic spin densities of real interacting electrons in a static external …

Nitrogen‐Rich Rigid Polybenzimidazole With Phosphoric Acid Shows Promising Electrochemical Activity and Stability for High‐Temperature Proton Exchange …

A Gao, W Wang, P Wang, H Wu, C Gong… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) are the most promising binders for the catalyst layer (CL) in high‐
temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT‐PEMFC). However, traditional …

Workhorse minimally empirical dispersion-corrected density functional with tests for weakly bound systems:

J Ning, M Kothakonda, JW Furness, AD Kaplan… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
SCAN+ rVV 10 has been demonstrated to be a versatile van der Waals (vdW) density
functional that delivers good predictions of both energetic and structural properties for many …

Requirements for an accurate dispersion-corrected density functional

AJA Price, KR Bryenton, ER Johnson - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Post-self-consistent dispersion corrections are now the norm when applying density-
functional theory to systems where non-covalent interactions play an important role …

State-of-the-art local correlation methods enable affordable gold standard quantum chemistry for up to hundreds of atoms

PR Nagy - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this feature, we review the current capabilities of local electron correlation methods up to
the coupled cluster model with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD (T)] …

Free and open source software for computational chemistry education

S Lehtola, AJ Karttunen - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of waiting, computational chemistry for the masses is finally here. Our brief
review on free and open source software (FOSS) packages points out the existence of …