Quantum‐mechanical condensed matter simulations with CRYSTAL

R Dovesi, A Erba, R Orlando… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The latest release of the Crystal program for solid‐state quantum‐mechanical ab initio
simulations is presented. The program adopts atom‐centered Gaussian‐type functions as a …

CRYSTAL23: A program for computational solid state physics and chemistry

A Erba, JK Desmarais, S Casassa… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Crystal program for quantum-mechanical simulations of materials has been bridging the
realm of molecular quantum chemistry to the realm of solid state physics for many years …

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 …

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 …

Binding energies of interstellar molecules on crystalline and amorphous models of water ice by ab initio calculations

S Ferrero, L Zamirri, C Ceccarelli, A Witzel… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In the denser and colder (≤ 20 K) regions of the interstellar medium (ISM), near-infrared
observations have revealed the presence of submicron-sized dust grains covered by several …

Nanoscale MXene interlayer and substrate adhesion for lubrication: a density functional theory study

E Marquis, M Cutini, B Anasori… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Understanding the interlayer interaction at the nanoscale in two-dimensional (2D) transition
metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) is important to improve their exfoliation/delamination …

Accurate lattice energies for molecular crystals from experimental crystal structures

SP Thomas, PR Spackman, D Jayatilaka… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Using four different benchmark sets of molecular crystals, we establish the level of
confidence for lattice energies estimated using CE-B3LYP model energies and experimental …

Physisorption of water on graphene: Subchemical accuracy from many-body electronic structure methods

JG Brandenburg, A Zen, M Fitzner… - The journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Wet carbon interfaces are ubiquitous in the natural world and exhibit anomalous properties,
which could be exploited by emerging technologies. However, progress is limited by lack of …

XDM-corrected hybrid DFT with numerical atomic orbitals predicts molecular crystal lattice energies with unprecedented accuracy

AJA Price, A Otero-de-la-Roza, ER Johnson - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular crystals are important for many applications, including energetic materials,
organic semiconductors, and the development and commercialization of pharmaceuticals …

Nonlocal van der Waals functionals for solids: Choosing an appropriate one

F Tran, L Kalantari, B Traoré, X Rocquefelte… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
The nonlocal van der Waals (NL-vdW) functionals [M. Dion, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 246401
(2004) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett. 92.246401] are being applied more and …