Quest for a universal density functional: the accuracy of density functionals across a broad spectrum of databases in chemistry and physics

R Peverati, DG Truhlar - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Kohn–Sham density functional theory is in principle an exact formulation of quantum
mechanical electronic structure theory, but in practice we have to rely on approximate …

Computational electrochemistry: prediction of liquid-phase reduction potentials

AV Marenich, J Ho, ML Coote, CJ Cramer… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This article reviews recent developments and applications in the area of computational
electrochemistry. Our focus is on predicting the reduction potentials of electron transfer and …

Improving the accuracy of hybrid meta-GGA density functionals by range separation

R Peverati, DG Truhlar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
The Minnesota family of exchange–correlation functionals, which consists of meta
generalized gradient approximations (meta-GGAs) and global-hybrid meta-GGAs, has been …

Screened-exchange density functionals with broad accuracy for chemistry and solid-state physics

R Peverati, DG Truhlar - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We present two new exchange–correlation functionals for hybrid Kohn–Sham electronic
structure calculations based on the nonseparable functional form introduced recently in the …

The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two …

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - Theoretical chemistry accounts, 2008 - Springer
We present two new hybrid meta exchange-correlation functionals, called M06 and M06-2X.
The M06 functional is parametrized including both transition metals and nonmetals, whereas …

Density functionals with broad applicability in chemistry

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - Accounts of chemical research, 2008 - ACS Publications
Although density functional theory is widely used in the computational chemistry community,
the most popular density functional, B3LYP, has some serious shortcomings:(i) it is better for …

A new local density functional for main-group thermochemistry, transition metal bonding, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions

Y Zhao, DG Truhlar - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We present a new local density functional, called M06-L, for main-group and transition
element thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions. The …

M11-L: A local density functional that provides improved accuracy for electronic structure calculations in chemistry and physics

R Peverati, DG Truhlar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Local approximations to the exchange-correlation functional are of special interest because
of their cost advantages and their useful accuracy for efficient calculations on systems (such …

Design of density functionals by combining the method of constraint satisfaction with parametrization for thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent …

Y Zhao, NE Schultz, DG Truhlar - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present a new hybrid meta exchange-correlation functional, called M05-2X, for
thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions. We also provide a …

C H Bond Activation in Transition Metal Species from a Computational Perspective

D Balcells, E Clot, O Eisenstein - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Alkanes constitute the cheapest and most abundant feedstock for organic chemicals.
However, the redistribution of CsC and CsH bonds in hydrocarbons into more sophisticated …