Theory and practice of modeling van der Waals interactions in electronic-structure calculations

M Stöhr, T Van Voorhis, A Tkatchenko - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The accurate description of long-range electron correlation, most prominently including van
der Waals (vdW) dispersion interactions, represents a particularly challenging task in the …

Retrospective on a decade of machine learning for chemical discovery

OA von Lilienfeld, K Burke - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Standfirst Over the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of ever more machine
learning applications in all aspects of the chemical sciences. Here, we highlight specific …

The structural origin of chiroptical properties in perovskite nanocrystals with chiral organic ligands

YH Kim, R Song, J Hao, Y Zhai, L Yan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The authors investigate how chiral ligands attached to perovskite nanocrystal (PNC)
surfaces structurally distort the perovskite lattice. Chiral electro‐optical properties of the …

Density functional model for van der Waals interactions: Unifying many-body atomic approaches with nonlocal functionals

J Hermann, A Tkatchenko - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Noncovalent van der Waals (vdW) interactions are responsible for a wide range of
phenomena in matter. Popular density-functional methods that treat vdW interactions use …

Understanding non-covalent interactions in larger molecular complexes from first principles

YS Al-Hamdani, A Tkatchenko - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Non-covalent interactions pervade all matter and play a fundamental role in layered
materials, biological systems, and large molecular complexes. Despite this, our accumulated …

Universal pairwise interatomic van der Waals potentials based on quantum Drude oscillators

A Khabibrakhmanov, DV Fedorov… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Repulsive short-range and attractive long-range van der Waals (vdW) forces play an
appreciable role in the behavior of extended molecular systems. When using empirical force …

The role of precursor states in the stereo-dynamics of elementary processes

S Falcinelli, D Cappelletti, F Vecchiocattivi… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The present perspective review focuses on the role of the precursor state, controlling the
dynamical evolution of elementary processes, whose structure and stability are often difficult …

van der Waals Radii of Free and Bonded Atoms from Hydrogen (Z= 1) to Oganesson (Z= 118)

J Charry, A Tkatchenko - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reliable numerical values of van der Waals (vdW) radii are required for constructing
empirical force fields, vdW-inclusive density functional, and quantum-chemical methods, as …

On the theoretical quantification of radii of atoms in molecules

A Alibakhshi, LV Schäfer - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite the fundamental importance of radii of atoms in molecules for numerous
applications in physics and chemistry, comprehensive methods for their theoretical …

Fine-structure constant connects electronic polarizability and geometric van-der-Waals radius of atoms

A Tkatchenko, DV Fedorov, M Gori - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The fine-structure constant (FSC) measures the coupling strength between photons and
charged particles and is more strongly associated with quantum electrodynamics than with …