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Leszczyk A, Máté M, Legeza Ö, Boguslawski K. Assessing the Accuracy of Tailored Coupled Cluster Methods Corrected by Electronic Wave Functions of Polynomial Cost. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 18:96-117. [PMID: 34965121 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tailored coupled cluster theory represents a computationally inexpensive way to describe static and dynamical electron correlation effects. In this work, we scrutinize the performance of various coupled cluster methods tailored by electronic wave functions of polynomial cost. Specifically, we focus on frozen-pair coupled cluster (fpCC) methods, which are tailored by pair-coupled cluster doubles (pCCD), and coupled cluster theory tailored by matrix product state wave functions optimized by the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm. As test system, we selected a set of various small- and medium-sized molecules containing diatomics (N2, F2, C2, CN+, CO, BN, BO+, and Cr2) and molecules (ammonia, ethylene, cyclobutadiene, benzene, hydrogen chains, rings, and cuboids) for which the conventional single-reference coupled cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) method is not able to produce accurate results for spectroscopic constants, potential energy surfaces, and barrier heights. Most importantly, DMRG-tailored and pCCD-tailored approaches yield similar errors in spectroscopic constants and potential energy surfaces compared to accurate theoretical and/or experimental reference data. Although fpCC methods provide a reliable description for the dissociation pathway of molecules featuring single and quadruple bonds, they fail in the description of triple or hextuple bond-breaking processes or avoided crossing regions.
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- Aleksandra Leszczyk
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Grudzia̧dzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Strongly Correlated Systems "Lendület" Research Group, Wigner Research Center for Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary.,Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Eötvös Loránd University, Pf. 32, H-1518 Budapest, Hungary
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- Strongly Correlated Systems "Lendület" Research Group, Wigner Research Center for Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary.,Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Grudzia̧dzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Pernal K, Hapka M. Range‐separated multiconfigurational density functional theory methods. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Lodz University of Technology Institute of Physics Lodz Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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Goerigk L, Casanova-Paéz M. The Trip to the Density Functional Theory Zoo Continues: Making a Case for Time-Dependent Double Hybrids for Excited-State Problems. Aust J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1071/ch20093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This account is written for general users of time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) methods as well as chemists who are unfamiliar with the field. It includes a brief overview of conventional TD-DFT approaches and recommendations for applications to organic molecules based on our own experience. The main emphasis of this work, however, lies in providing the first in-depth review of time-dependent double-hybrid density functionals. They were first established in 2007 with very promising follow-up studies in the subsequent four years before developments or applications became scarce. The topic has regained more interest since 2017, and this account reviews those latest developments led by our group. These developments have shown unprecedented robustness for a variety of different types of electronic excitations when compared to more conventional TD-DFT methods. In particular, time-dependent double hybrids do not suffer from artificial ghost states and are able to reproduce exciton-coupled absorption spectra. Our latest methods include range separation and belong to the currently best TD-DFT methods for singlet-singlet excitations in organic molecules. While there is still room for improvement and further development in this space, we hope that this account encourages users to adjust their computational protocols to such new methods to provide more real-life testing and scenarios.
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Graf D, Ochsenfeld C. A range-separated generalized Kohn-Sham method including a long-range nonlocal random phase approximation correlation potential. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:244118. [PMID: 33380112 DOI: 10.1063/5.0031310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Based on our recently published range-separated random phase approximation (RPA) functional [Kreppel et al., "Range-separated density-functional theory in combination with the random phase approximation: An accuracy benchmark," J. Chem. Theory Comput. 16, 2985-2994 (2020)], we introduce self-consistent minimization with respect to the one-particle density matrix. In contrast to the range-separated RPA methods presented so far, the new method includes a long-range nonlocal RPA correlation potential in the orbital optimization process, making it a full-featured variational generalized Kohn-Sham (GKS) method. The new method not only improves upon all other tested RPA schemes including the standard post-GKS range-separated RPA for the investigated test cases covering general main group thermochemistry, kinetics, and noncovalent interactions but also significantly outperforms the popular G0W0 method in estimating the ionization potentials and fundamental gaps considered in this work using the eigenvalue spectra obtained from the GKS Hamiltonian.
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- Daniel Graf
- Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Lonsdale DR, Goerigk L. The one-electron self-interaction error in 74 density functional approximations: a case study on hydrogenic mono- and dinuclear systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:15805-15830. [PMID: 32458849 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01275k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The self-interaction error (SIE), i.e. unphysical interactions of electrons with themselves, has plagued developers and users of Density Functional Approximations (DFAs) since the inception of Density Functional Theory (DFT). Formally, it can be separated into the one-electron and many-electron SIE; herein we present one of the most comprehensive studies of the first. While we focus mostly on the total SIE, we also make use of two different decompositions. The first is a separation into functional and density-driven errors as championed by Sim, Burke and co-workers [J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 6385-6392]; the second separates the error into exchange, correlation, and one-electron components, with the latter being a density error that has not been discussed in this form before. After investigating the familiar hydrogen atom and dihydrogen cation, we establish a relationship between the SIE and the nuclear charge with the help of a series of heavier hydrogenic analogues. For the mononuclear systems and the diatomics at the dissociation limit, this relationship is linear in nature with prominent exceptions, mostly belonging to the Minnesota and range-separated (double-)hybrid DFAs. For the first time, we also show how the magnitude of the SIE depends on the underlying atomic-orbital basis set and how DFAs that rely on a popular van-der-Waals DFT type London-dispersion term exhibit "self-dispersion". We find that range separation is not a panacea for solving the one-electron SIE. DFAs that have been developed to be one-electron SIE free for one system, such as the hydrogen atom, show larger errors for heavier hydrogenic systems. Often, one-electron SIE-free DFAs rely on fortuitous error cancellation between their exchange and correlation components. An analysis of the most robust methods for general applications to date reveals that they suffer moderately from the one-electron SIE, while DFAs that are nearly SIE-free do not perform well in applications. Implicit in the continued existence of the one-electron SIE is that well-performing DFAs continue to suffer insufficiencies at their fundamental levels that are being compensated for by the SIE. Our analysis includes more than 250 000 datapoints, resulting in multiple insights that may drive future developments of new DFAs or SIE corrections.
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- Dale R Lonsdale
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
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Adeyiga O, Suleiman O, Dandu NK, Odoh SO. Ground-state actinide chemistry with scalar-relativistic multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5099373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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- Olajumoke Adeyiga
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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Kalai C, Mussard B, Toulouse J. Range-separated double-hybrid density-functional theory with coupled-cluster and random-phase approximations. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:074102. [PMID: 31438697 DOI: 10.1063/1.5108536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We construct range-separated double-hybrid (RSDH) schemes which combine coupled-cluster or random-phase approximations (RPAs) with a density functional based on a two-parameter Coulomb-attenuating-method-like decomposition of the electron-electron interaction. We find that the addition of a fraction of short-range electron-electron interaction in the wave-function part of the calculation is globally beneficial for the RSDH scheme involving a variant of the RPA with exchange terms. Even though the latter scheme is globally as accurate as the corresponding scheme employing only second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory for atomization energies, reaction barrier heights, and weak intermolecular interactions of small molecules, it is more accurate for the more complicated case of the benzene dimer in the stacked configuration. The present RSDH scheme employing a RPA thus represents a new member in the family of double hybrids with minimal empiricism which could be useful for general chemical applications.
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- Cairedine Kalai
- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT), Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique (LCT), Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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Mester D, Kállay M. Combined Density Functional and Algebraic-Diagrammatic Construction Approach for Accurate Excitation Energies and Transition Moments. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4440-4453. [PMID: 31265275 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A composite of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and the second-order algebraic-diagrammatic construction [ADC(2)] approach is presented for efficient calculation of spectral properties of molecules. Our method can be regarded as a new excited-state double-hybrid (DH) approach or a dressed TDDFT scheme, but it can also be interpreted as an empirically tuned ADC(2) model. Several combinations of exchange-correlation functionals and spin-scaling schemes are explored. Our best-performing method includes the Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof exchange and Perdew's 1986 correlation functional and employs the scaled-opposite-spin approximation for the higher-order terms. The computation time of the new method scales as the fourth power of the system size, and an efficient cost-reduction approach is also presented, which further speeds up the calculations. Our benchmark calculations show that the proposed model outperforms not only the existing DH approaches and ADC(2) variants but also the considerably more expensive coupled-cluster methods.
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- Dávid Mester
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science , Budapest University of Technology and Economics , P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest , Hungary
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science , Budapest University of Technology and Economics , P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest , Hungary
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Brzęk F, Boguslawski K, Tecmer P, Żuchowski PS. Benchmarking the Accuracy of Seniority-Zero Wave Function Methods for Noncovalent Interactions. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4021-4035. [PMID: 31136703 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Filip Brzęk
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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Gomez JA, Henderson TM, Scuseria GE. Polynomial-product states: A symmetry-projection-based factorization of the full coupled cluster wavefunction in terms of polynomials of double excitations. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:144108. [PMID: 30981260 DOI: 10.1063/1.5085314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Our goal is to remedy the failure of symmetry-adapted coupled-cluster theory in the presence of strong correlation. Previous work along these lines has taken us from a diagram-level analysis of the coupled-cluster equations to an understanding of the collective modes which can occur in various channels of the coupled-cluster equations to the exploration of non-exponential wavefunctions in efforts to combine coupled-cluster theory with symmetry projection. In this manuscript, we extend these efforts by introducing a new, polynomial product wavefunction ansatz that incorporates information from symmetry projection into standard coupled-cluster theory in a way that attempts to mitigate the effects of the lack of size extensivity and size consistency characteristic of symmetry-projected methods. We describe the new approach in detail within the context of our previous efforts, explore some illustrative calculations, and consider one route for reducing the computational cost of the new method.
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- John A Gomez
- Applied Physics Graduate Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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Goerigk L, Mehta N. A Trip to the Density Functional Theory Zoo: Warnings and Recommendations for the User. Aust J Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1071/ch19023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This account is written for general users of density functional theory (DFT) methods as well as experimental researchers who are new to the field and would like to conduct such calculations. Its main emphasis lies on how to find a way through the confusing ‘zoo’ of DFT by addressing common misconceptions and highlighting those modern methods that should ideally be used in calculations of energetic properties and geometries. A particular focus is on highly popular methods and the important fact that popularity does not imply accuracy. In this context, we present a new analysis of the openly available data published in Swart and co-workers’ famous annual ‘DFT poll’ (http://www.marcelswart.eu/dft-poll/) to demonstrate the existing communication gap between the DFT user and developer communities. We show that despite considerable methodological advances in the field, the perception of some parts of the user community regarding their favourite approaches has changed little. It is hoped that this account makes a contribution towards changing this status and that users are inspired to adjust their current computational protocols to accommodate strategies that are based on proven robustness, accuracy, and efficiency rather than popularity.
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Mehta N, Casanova-Páez M, Goerigk L. Semi-empirical or non-empirical double-hybrid density functionals: which are more robust? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:23175-23194. [PMID: 30062343 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03852j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The development of non-empirical double-hybrid density functionals (DHDFs) is a very active research area with the number of approaches in this field having increased rapidly. At the same time, there is a lack of published work that provides a fair assessment and comparison between non-empirical and semi-empirical DHDFs on an equal footing. Herein, we close this gap and present a thorough analysis of both classes of DHDFs on the large GMTKN55 benchmark database for general main-group thermochemistry, kinetics, and noncovalent interactions [Goerigk et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 32184-32215]. In total, 115 variations of dispersion-corrected and -uncorrected DHDFs are tested, which will be condensed to an in-depth assessment of 31 methods: 19 non-empirical and 12 semi-empirical DHDFs. As such, our study represents the largest DHDF study ever conducted and can serve as an important benchmark informing method developers and users alike. Our results show that semi-empirical DHDFs are the most robust density functional approximations and more reliable and accurate than non-empirical ones. In fact, some non-empirical approaches are even outperformed by hybrid approaches or even dispersion-corrected and -uncorrected MP2 and SCS-MP2. SOS0-PBE0-2-D3(BJ) is the only exception and the only non-empirical DHDF that we can safely recommend for general applicability. However, it is still outperformed by six semi-empirical DHDFs, of which we would like to particularly recommend the following five: ωB97X-2-D3(BJ), DSD-BLYP-D3(BJ), DSD-PBEP86-D3(BJ), B2NC-PLYP-D3(BJ), and B2GPPLYP-D3(BJ). Our findings seriously question current trends in the field and they highlight that novel strategies have to be found in order to outperform the currently best density functional theory methods on the market. We hope that our study can function as an important cornerstone inspiring such a change of direction in the field.
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- Nisha Mehta
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
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Ghosh S, Verma P, Cramer CJ, Gagliardi L, Truhlar DG. Combining Wave Function Methods with Density Functional Theory for Excited States. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7249-7292. [PMID: 30044618 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We review state-of-the-art electronic structure methods based both on wave function theory (WFT) and density functional theory (DFT). Strengths and limitations of both the wave function and density functional based approaches are discussed, and modern attempts to combine these two methods are presented. The challenges in modeling excited-state chemistry using both single-reference and multireference methods are described. Topics covered include background, combining density functional theory with single-configuration wave function theory, generalized Kohn-Sham (KS) theory, global hybrids, range-separated hybrids, local hybrids, using KS orbitals in many-body theory (including calculations of the self-energy and the GW approximation), Bethe-Salpeter equation, algorithms to accelerate GW calculations, combining DFT with multiconfigurational WFT, orbital-dependent correlation functionals based on multiconfigurational WFT, building multiconfigurational wave functions from KS configurations, adding correlation functionals to multiconfiguration self-consistent-field (MCSCF) energies, combining DFT with configuration-interaction singles by means of time-dependent DFT, using range separation to combine DFT with MCSCF, embedding multiconfigurational WFT in DFT, and multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory.
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- Soumen Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455-0431 , United States
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Najibi A, Goerigk L. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Effectiveness of Orbital Optimization in Double-Hybrid Density Functionals in the Treatment of Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:5610-5624. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b04058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Asim Najibi
- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Jackson G. Announcement of the winner of the Longuet–Higgins Early Career Researcher Prize 2016. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1396003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kosov DS. Expectation values of single-particle operators in the random phase approximation ground state. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:054103. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4974985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gomez JA, Henderson TM, Scuseria GE. Recoupling the singlet- and triplet-pairing channels in single-reference coupled cluster theory. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:134103. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4963870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- John A. Gomez
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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Gomez JA, Henderson TM, Scuseria GE. Singlet-paired coupled cluster theory for open shells. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:244117. [PMID: 27369507 DOI: 10.1063/1.4954891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Restricted single-reference coupled cluster theory truncated to single and double excitations accurately describes weakly correlated systems, but often breaks down in the presence of static or strong correlation. Good coupled cluster energies in the presence of degeneracies can be obtained by using a symmetry-broken reference, such as unrestricted Hartree-Fock, but at the cost of good quantum numbers. A large body of work has shown that modifying the coupled cluster ansatz allows for the treatment of strong correlation within a single-reference, symmetry-adapted framework. The recently introduced singlet-paired coupled cluster doubles (CCD0) method is one such model, which recovers correct behavior for strong correlation without requiring symmetry breaking in the reference. Here, we extend singlet-paired coupled cluster for application to open shells via restricted open-shell singlet-paired coupled cluster singles and doubles (ROCCSD0). The ROCCSD0 approach retains the benefits of standard coupled cluster theory and recovers correct behavior for strongly correlated, open-shell systems using a spin-preserving ROHF reference.
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- John A Gomez
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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Garza AJ, Sousa Alencar AG, Scuseria GE. Actinide chemistry using singlet-paired coupled cluster and its combinations with density functionals. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:244106. [PMID: 26723650 DOI: 10.1063/1.4938088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Singlet-paired coupled cluster doubles (CCD0) is a simplification of CCD that relinquishes a fraction of dynamic correlation in order to be able to describe static correlation. Combinations of CCD0 with density functionals that recover specifically the dynamic correlation missing in the former have also been developed recently. Here, we assess the accuracy of CCD0 and CCD0+DFT (and variants of these using Brueckner orbitals) as compared to well-established quantum chemical methods for describing ground-state properties of singlet actinide molecules. The f(0) actinyl series (UO2(2+), NpO2(3+), PuO2(4+)), the isoelectronic NUN, and thorium (ThO, ThO(2+)) and nobelium (NoO, NoO2) oxides are studied.
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- Alejandro J Garza
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA
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