Meta-GGA density functional calculations on atoms with spherically symmetric densities in the finite element formalism

S Lehtola - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
Density functional calculations on atoms are often used for determining accurate initial
guesses as well as generating various types of pseudopotential approximations and efficient …

Delocalization error poisons the density-functional many-body expansion

DR Broderick, JM Herbert - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The many-body expansion is a fragment-based approach to large-scale quantum chemistry
that partitions a single monolithic calculation into manageable subsystems. This technique is …

[HTML][HTML] Many recent density functionals are numerically ill-behaved

S Lehtola, MAL Marques - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Most computational studies in chemistry and materials science are based on the use of
density functional theory. Although the exact density functional is unknown, several density …

Atomic electronic structure calculations with Hermite interpolating polynomials

S Lehtola - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have recently described the implementation of atomic electronic structure calculations
within the finite element method with numerical radial basis functions of the form χμ (r)= r–1 …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting fundamental gaps accurately from density functional theory with non-empirical local range separation

M Brütting, H Bahmann, S Kümmel - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present an exchange–correlation approximation in which the Coulomb interaction is split
into long-and short-range components and the range separation is determined by a non …

Ensemble generalization of the Perdew–Zunger self-interaction correction: A way out of multiple minima and symmetry breaking

S Schwalbe, WT Schulze, K Trepte… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The Perdew–Zunger (PZ) self-interaction correction (SIC) is an established tool to correct
unphysical behavior in density functional approximations. Yet, the PZ-SIC is well-known to …

One-electron self-interaction error and its relationship to geometry and higher orbital occupation

DR Lonsdale, L Goerigk - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Density Functional Theory (DFT) sees prominent use in computational
chemistry and physics; however, problems due to the self-interaction error (SIE) pose …

[HTML][HTML] Bond formation insights into the Diels–Alder reaction: A bond perception and self-interaction perspective

WT Schulze, S Schwalbe, K Trepte, A Croy… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The behavior of electrons during bond formation and breaking cannot commonly be
accessed from experiments. Thus, bond perception is often based on chemical intuition or …

Koopmans' theorem-compliant long-range corrected (KTLC) density functional mediated by black-box optimization and data-driven prediction for organic molecules

K Terayama, Y Osaki, T Fujita, R Tamura… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Density functional theory (DFT) is a significant computational tool that has substantially
influenced chemistry, physics, and materials science. DFT necessitates parametrized …