Time-Dependent Long-Range-Corrected Double-Hybrid Density Functionals with Spin-Component and Spin-Opposite Scaling: A Comprehensive Analysis of Singlet–Singlet and Singlet–Triplet Excitation Energies

Author(s):  
Marcos Casanova-Páez ◽  
Lars Goerigk
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Casanova Paez ◽  
Lars Goerigk

<div> <div> <div> <p>Following the work on spin-component and spin-opposite scaled (SCS/SOS) global double hybrids for singlet-singlet excitations by Schwabe and Goerigk [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2017, 13, 4307-4323] and our own works on new long-range corrected (LC) double hybrids for singlet-singlet and singlet-triplet excitations [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2019, 15, 4735- 4744; J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 153, 064106], we present new LC double hybrids with SCS/SOS that demonstrate further improvement over previously published results and methods. We introduce new unscaled and scaled versions of different global and LC double hybrids based on Becke88 or PBE exchange combined with LYP, PBE or P86 correlation. For singlet-singlet excitations, we cross-validate them on six benchmark sets that cover small to medium-sized chromophores with different excitation types (local valence, Rydberg, and charge transfer). For singlet-triplet excitations, we perform the cross-validation on three different benchmark sets following the same analysis as in our previous work in 2020. In total, 203 unique excitations are analyzed. Our results confirm and extend those of Schwabe and Goerigk regarding the superior performance of SCS and SOS variants compared to their unscaled parents by decreasing mean absolute deviations, root-mean-square deviations or error spans by more than half and bringing absolute mean deviations closer to zero. Our SCS/SOS variants show to be highly efficient and robust for the computation of vertical excitation energies, which even outperform specialized double hybrids that also contain an LC in their perturbative part. In particular, our new SCS/SOS-ωPBEPP86 and SCS/SOS-ωB88PP86 functional are four of the most accurate and robust methods tested in this work and we fully recommend them for future applications. However, if the relevant SCS and SOS algorithms are not available to the user, we suggest ωB88PP86 as the best unscaled method in this work. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Casanova Paez ◽  
Lars Goerigk

<div> <div> <div> <p>Following the work on spin-component and spin-opposite scaled (SCS/SOS) global double hybrids for singlet-singlet excitations by Schwabe and Goerigk [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2017, 13, 4307-4323] and our own works on new long-range corrected (LC) double hybrids for singlet-singlet and singlet-triplet excitations [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2019, 15, 4735- 4744; J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 153, 064106], we present new LC double hybrids with SCS/SOS that demonstrate further improvement over previously published results and methods. We introduce new unscaled and scaled versions of different global and LC double hybrids based on Becke88 or PBE exchange combined with LYP, PBE or P86 correlation. For singlet-singlet excitations, we cross-validate them on six benchmark sets that cover small to medium-sized chromophores with different excitation types (local valence, Rydberg, and charge transfer). For singlet-triplet excitations, we perform the cross-validation on three different benchmark sets following the same analysis as in our previous work in 2020. In total, 203 unique excitations are analyzed. Our results confirm and extend those of Schwabe and Goerigk regarding the superior performance of SCS and SOS variants compared to their unscaled parents by decreasing mean absolute deviations, root-mean-square deviations or error spans by more than half and bringing absolute mean deviations closer to zero. Our SCS/SOS variants show to be highly efficient and robust for the computation of vertical excitation energies, which even outperform specialized double hybrids that also contain an LC in their perturbative part. In particular, our new SCS/SOS-ωPBEPP86 and SCS/SOS-ωB88PP86 functional are four of the most accurate and robust methods tested in this work and we fully recommend them for future applications. However, if the relevant SCS and SOS algorithms are not available to the user, we suggest ωB88PP86 as the best unscaled method in this work. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2006 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 925-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEIKEN TOKURA ◽  
TAKAO TSUNEDA ◽  
KIMIHIKO HIRAO

Long-range-corrected time-dependent density functional theory (LC-TDDFT) was applied to five-membered ring compounds (cyclopentadiene, pyrrole, and furan molecules) and free-base porphyrin. The vertical π-π* and Rydberg excitation energies and corresponding oscillator strengths were calculated by LC-TDDFT. The LC scheme obviously improved the Rydberg excitation energies and oscillator strengths of these systems, which have been fairly underestimated by TDDFT with conventional pure and hybrid B3LYP functionals. On the whole, LC-TDDFT results were very close to the results of the ab initio symmetry-adapted cluster configuration interaction (SAC-CI) method for most excitations. However, LC-TDDFT is poor in describing doubly excited states such as the 1 1A1 state of five-membered ring compounds.


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