scholarly journals Recommending Hartree–Fock Theory with London-Dispersion and Basis-Set-Superposition Corrections for the Optimization or Quantum Refinement of Protein Structures

2014 ◽  
Vol 118 (50) ◽  
pp. 14612-14626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Goerigk ◽  
Charles A. Collyer ◽  
Jeffrey R. Reimers
Keyword(s):  
Protein Structures ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
London Dispersion

scholarly journals Dispersion Corrected r2SCAN Based Global Hybrid Functionals: r2SCANh, r2SCAN0, and r2SCAN50

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Bursch ◽  
Hagen Neugebauer ◽  
Sebastian Ehlert ◽  
Stefan Grimme
Keyword(s):  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Generalized Gradient ◽  
Exchange Correlation ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Exact Exchange ◽  
Hybrid Functionals ◽  
London Dispersion

The re-regularized semilocal meta generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) exchange-correlation functional r2SCAN [J. W. Furness, A. D. Kaplan, J. Ning, J. P. Perdew, and J. Sun, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 8208–8215 (2020)] is used to create the three global hybrid functionals with varying admixtures of Hartree–Fock exact exchange (HFX). The resulting exchange-correlation functionals r2SCANh (10% HFX), r2SCAN0 (25% HFX), and r2SCAN50 (50%HFX) are combined with the recent semi-classical D4 London dispersion correction. The new functionals are assessed for molecular geometries, general main-group, and metalorganic thermochemistry at 26 comprehensive benchmark sets including such as the large GMTKN55, ROST61, and IONPI19 sets. It is shown that a moderate admixture of HFX leads to overall mean percentual improvements of −11 (r2SCANh-D4), −16 (r2SCAN0-D4), and −1% (r2SCAN50-D4) regarding thermochemistry compared to the parental meta-GGA. For organometallic reaction energies and barriers, r2SCAN0-D4 even yields a mean improvement of −35%. The computation of structural parameters does not systematically profit from HFX admixture. Overall, the most promising combination r2SCAN0-D4 performs well for both main-group and organometallic thermochemistry. It yields deviations better or on par with other very well-performing global hybrid functionals such as PW6B95-D4 or PBE0-D4. Regarding systems prone to self-interaction errors (SIE4x4), r2SCAN0-D4 shows reasonable performance, reaching the quality of the range-separated ωB97X-V functional. Accordingly, r2SCAN0-D4 in combination with a sufficiently converged basis set (def2-QZVP(P)) represents a robust and reliable choice for general use in the calculation of thermochemical properties of both, main-group and organometallic chemistry.

scholarly journals Impact of Van der Waals interactions on structural and nonlinear optical properties of azobenzene switches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
carmelo Naim ◽  
Frédéric Castet ◽  
Eduard Matito
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Van Der Waals Interactions ◽  
Dispersion Interactions ◽  
Geometrical Structures ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Meta Position ◽  
Good Account ◽  
London Dispersion ◽  
Azobenzene Derivatives

<div> <div> <div> <p>The geometrical structures, relative Z-E energies, and second-order nonlinear responses of a collection of azobenzene molecules symmetrically substituted in meta- position with functional groups of different bulkiness are investigated using various ab initio and DFT levels of approximation. We show that RI-MP2 and RI-CC2 approximations provide very similar geometries and relative energies and evidence that London dispersion interactions existing between bulky meta-substituents stabilize the Z con- former. The !B97-X-D exchange-correlation functional provides an accurate description of these effects and gives a good account of the nonlinear optical response of the molecules. We show that density functional approximations should include no less than 50% of Hartree-Fock exchange to provide accurate hyperpolarizabilities. A property-structure analysis of the azobenzene derivatives reveals that the main contribution to the first hyperpolarizability comes from the azo bond, but phenyl meso-substituents can enhance it.</p> </div> </div> </div>

Ab initio predictions of the zero field splittings and the singlet–triplet transition strengths for the n → π* transition of selenoformaldehyde

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1706-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Moule ◽  
L. Chantranupong ◽  
R.H. Judge ◽  
D.J. Clouthier
Keyword(s):  
Energy Levels ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Open Shell ◽  
Oscillator Strengths ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Zero Field ◽  
Zero Field Splitting ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Lower Valence ◽  
Polarization Functions

The energy levels of the lower valence and Rydberg states of selenoformaldehyde, CH2Se, have been calculated by the SCF/CI method. Wavefunctions for the ROHF (restricted open shell Hartree–Fock) states were obtained with the Binnings–Curtis double-ζ basis set, augmented with Rydberg and polarization functions. Configuration interaction was applied to the parent configurations, PCMO (parent configuration molecular orbital). Oscillator strengths were evaluated for the allowed electric dipole transitions by the RPA (random phase approximation), and SOPPA (second-order polarization propagator approximation) methods. The spin-orbit contribution to the zero field splitting of the first triplet state, 3A2(n,π*) as well as the oscillator strengths to the three spin components were calculated by perturbation theory. These calculations predict that the Sx, Sy, and Sz components are shifted by −96.091,−96.707, and + 29.167 cm−1, respectively, from their unperturbed position. The oscillator strengths for the three components fx, fy, and fz of the 3A2(n,π*) ← 1A1(g.s.) transition were calculated to be 3.45 × 10−7, 1.15 × 10−7, and 173.0 × 10−7.

scholarly journals Optical Properties of Silver-Mediated DNA from Molecular Dynamics and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esko Makkonen ◽  
Patrick Rinke ◽  
Olga Lopez-Acevedo ◽  
Xi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Dna Nanostructures ◽  
Exchange Correlation ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Spurious Peak ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
Dependent Density

We report a combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics and time-dependent density functional (TDDFT) study of metal-mediated deoxyribonucleic acid (M-DNA) nanostructures. For the Ag + -mediated guanine tetramer, we found the maug-cc-pvdz basis set to be sufficient for calculating electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Our calculations further show that the B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, B3LYP*, and PBE exchange-correlation functionals are all able to predict negative peaks in the measured ECD spectra within a 20 nm range. However, a spurious positive peak is present in the CAM-B3LYP ECD spectra. We trace the origins of this spurious peak and find that is likely due to the sensitivity of silver atoms to the amount of Hartree–Fock exchange in the exchange-correlation functional. Our presented approach provides guidance for future computational investigations of other Ag + -mediated DNA species.

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