Challenges for density functional theory

AJ Cohen, P Mori-Sánchez, W Yang - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Density functional theory (DFT) of electronic structure has made an unparalleled impact on
the application of quantum mechanics to interesting and challenging problems in chemistry …

Perspective: Advances and challenges in treating van der Waals dispersion forces in density functional theory

J Klimeš, A Michaelides - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Electron dispersion forces play a crucial role in determining the structure and properties of
biomolecules, molecular crystals, and many other systems. However, an accurate …

[HTML][HTML] CP2K: An electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package-Quickstep: Efficient and accurate electronic structure calculations

TD Kühne, M Iannuzzi, M Del Ben, VV Rybkin… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
CP2K is an open source electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package to
perform atomistic simulations of solid-state, liquid, molecular, and biological systems. It is …

Density functional theory: Its origins, rise to prominence, and future

RO Jones - Reviews of modern physics, 2015 - APS
In little more than 20 years, the number of applications of the density functional (DF)
formalism in chemistry and materials science has grown in an astonishing fashion. The …

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 …

Resolution-of-identity approach to Hartree–Fock, hybrid density functionals, RPA, MP2 and GW with numeric atom-centered orbital basis functions

X Ren, P Rinke, V Blum, J Wieferink… - New Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficient implementation of electronic structure methods is essential for first principles
modeling of molecules and solids. We present here a particularly efficient common …

Symmetry‐adapted perturbation theory of intermolecular forces

K Szalewicz - Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: computational …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Basic concepts and most recent developments of symmetry‐adapted perturbation theory
(SAPT) are described. In particular, the methods that combine SAPT with density‐functional …

Random-phase approximation and its applications in computational chemistry and materials science

X Ren, P Rinke, C Joas, M Scheffler - Journal of Materials Science, 2012 - Springer
The random-phase approximation (RPA) as an approach for computing the electronic
correlation energy is reviewed. After a brief account of its basic concept and historical …

Double‐hybrid density functionals

L Goerigk, S Grimme - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐hybrid density functionals (DHDFs) are reviewed in this study. In DHDFs parts of
conventional density functional theory (DFT) exchange and correlation are replaced by …

Spin‐component‐scaled double hybrids: an extensive search for the best fifth‐rung functionals blending DFT and perturbation theory

S Kozuch, JML Martin - Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Following up on an earlier preliminary communication (Kozuch and Martin, Phys. Chem.
Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 20104), we report here in detail on an extensive search for the most …