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 …

Modeling polymorphic molecular crystals with electronic structure theory

GJO Beran - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Interest in molecular crystals has grown thanks to their relevance to pharmaceuticals,
organic semiconductor materials, foods, and many other applications. Electronic structure …

Recent advances in wave function-based methods of molecular-property calculations

T Helgaker, S Coriani, P Jørgensen… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the electronic structure of molecules often comes from spectroscopic
investigations in which electromagnetic radiation is applied to a molecule and the scattering …

Towards an exact description of electronic wavefunctions in real solids

GH Booth, A Grüneis, G Kresse, A Alavi - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The properties of all materials arise largely from the quantum mechanics of their constituent
electrons under the influence of the electric field of the nuclei. The solution of the underlying …

Single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride: a review of progress

A Sajid, MJ Ford, JR Reimers - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This report summarizes progress made in understanding properties such as zero-phonon-
line energies, emission and absorption polarizations, electron–phonon couplings, strain …

Gaussian-based coupled-cluster theory for the ground-state and band structure of solids

J McClain, Q Sun, GKL Chan… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present the results of Gaussian-based ground-state and excited-state equation-of-
motion coupled-cluster theory with single and double excitations for three-dimensional …

Mineral–water interface reactions of actinides

H Geckeis, J Lützenkirchen, R Polly, T Rabung… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Reactions of the light actinide ions (Th to Cm) at the mineral− aqueous solution interface
have attracted much attention during recent years. Initially research was mainly driven by the …

Assessing the quality of the random phase approximation for lattice constants and atomization energies of solids

J Harl, L Schimka, G Kresse - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2010 - APS
We present lattice constants, bulk moduli, and atomization energies of solids using the
correlation energy evaluated within the adiabatic connection fluctuation-dissipation …

Modelling of graphene functionalization

M Pykal, P Jurečka, F Karlický… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene has attracted great interest because of its remarkable properties and numerous
potential applications. A comprehensive understanding of its structural and dynamic …

Robust periodic Hartree− Fock exchange for large-scale simulations using Gaussian basis sets

M Guidon, J Hutter… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Hartree− Fock exchange with a truncated Coulomb operator has recently been discussed in
the context of periodic plane-waves calculations [Spencer, J.; Alavi, A. Phys. Rev. B: Solid …