First-principles models for van der Waals interactions in molecules and materials: Concepts, theory, and applications

J Hermann, RA DiStasio Jr, A Tkatchenko - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent van der Waals (vdW) or dispersion forces are ubiquitous in nature and
influence the structure, stability, dynamics, and function of molecules and materials …

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 …

A generally applicable atomic-charge dependent London dispersion correction

E Caldeweyher, S Ehlert, A Hansen… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The so-called D4 model is presented for the accurate computation of London dispersion
interactions in density functional theory approximations (DFT-D4) and generally for atomistic …

Robust microscale superlubricity in graphite/hexagonal boron nitride layered heterojunctions

Y Song, D Mandelli, O Hod, M Urbakh, M Ma… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Structural superlubricity is a fascinating tribological phenomenon, in which the lateral
interactions between two incommensurate contacting surfaces are effectively cancelled …

Long-range correlation energy calculated from coupled atomic response functions

A Ambrosetti, AM Reilly, RA DiStasio… - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
An accurate determination of the electron correlation energy is an essential prerequisite for
describing the structure, stability, and function in a wide variety of systems. Therefore, the …

Hydrodynamic tearing of bacteria on nanotips for sustainable water disinfection

L Peng, H Zhu, H Wang, Z Guo, Q Wu, C Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Water disinfection is conventionally achieved by oxidation or irradiation, which is often
associated with a high carbon footprint and the formation of toxic byproducts. Here, we …

Metal-free four-in-one modification of g-C3N4 for superior photocatalytic CO2 reduction and H2 evolution

MK Hussien, A Sabbah, M Qorbani, MH Elsayed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Utilization of gC 3 N 4 as a single photocatalyst material without combination with other
semiconductor remains challenging. Herein, we report a facile green method for …

Adsorption of small organic molecules on graphene

P Lazar, F Karlicky, P Jurecka, M Kocman… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We present a combined experimental and theoretical quantification of the adsorption
enthalpies of seven organic molecules (acetone, acetonitrile, dichloromethane, ethanol …

[HTML][HTML] Communication: Understanding molecular representations in machine learning: The role of uniqueness and target similarity

B Huang, OA Von Lilienfeld - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The predictive accuracy of Machine Learning (ML) models of molecular properties depends
on the choice of the molecular representation. Inspired by the postulates of quantum …

Wavelike charge density fluctuations and van der Waals interactions at the nanoscale

A Ambrosetti, N Ferri, RA DiStasio Jr, A Tkatchenko - Science, 2016 - science.org
Recent experiments on noncovalent interactions at the nanoscale have challenged the
basic assumptions of commonly used particle-or fragment-based models for describing van …