Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals
In the past 30 years, Kohn–Sham density functional theory has emerged as the most popular
electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing …
electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing …
DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science
In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is
informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists …
informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists …
A look at the density functional theory zoo with the advanced GMTKN55 database for general main group thermochemistry, kinetics and noncovalent interactions
We present the GMTKN55 benchmark database for general main group thermochemistry,
kinetics and noncovalent interactions. Compared to its popular predecessor GMTKN30 …
kinetics and noncovalent interactions. Compared to its popular predecessor GMTKN30 …
Dispersion-corrected mean-field electronic structure methods
Mean-field electronic structure methods like Hartree–Fock, semilocal density functional
approximations, or semiempirical molecular orbital (MO) theories do not account for long …
approximations, or semiempirical molecular orbital (MO) theories do not account for long …
Long-range corrected hybrid density functionals with damped atom–atom dispersion corrections
We report re-optimization of a recently proposed long-range corrected (LC) hybrid density
functional [J.-D. Chai and M. Head-Gordon, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 128, 084106] to include …
functional [J.-D. Chai and M. Head-Gordon, J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 128, 084106] to include …
The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two …
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 …
The M06 functional is parametrized including both transition metals and nonmetals, whereas …
Density functionals with broad applicability in chemistry
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 …
the most popular density functional, B3LYP, has some serious shortcomings:(i) it is better for …
Challenges for density functional theory
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 …
the application of quantum mechanics to interesting and challenging problems in chemistry …
Density functional theory is straying from the path toward the exact functional
The theorems at the core of density functional theory (DFT) state that the energy of a many-
electron system in its ground state is fully defined by its electron density distribution. This …
electron system in its ground state is fully defined by its electron density distribution. This …
MN15: A Kohn–Sham global-hybrid exchange–correlation density functional with broad accuracy for multi-reference and single-reference systems and noncovalent …
Kohn–Sham density functionals are widely used; however, no currently available exchange–
correlation functional can predict all chemical properties with chemical accuracy. Here we …
correlation functional can predict all chemical properties with chemical accuracy. Here we …