Chemical accuracy for the van der Waals density functional
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The non-local van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) of Dion et al (2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 246401) is a very promising scheme for the efficient treatment of dispersion bonded systems. We show here that the accuracy of vdW-DF can be dramatically improved both for dispersion and hydrogen bonded complexes through the judicious selection of its underlying exchange functional. New and published exchange functionals are identified that deliver much better than chemical accuracy from vdW-DF for the S22 benchmark set of weakly interacting dimers and for water clusters. Improved performance for the adsorption of water on salt is also obtained.
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- Authors
- Klimeš, J., Bowler, D. R., & Michaelides, A.
- Affiliations
- London Centre for Nanotechnology (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2009-12-10
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 022201
- ISSN
- 0953-8984 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-648X
- OpenAlex
- W2158043072
- Cited by
- 3,587
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 19.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/F013612/1, EP/F067496/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Crystallography and molecular interactions
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
- Keywords
- van der Waals density functional, dispersion interactions, exchange functional, hydrogen bonding, water clusters, chemical accuracy
- MeSH terms
- Models, Chemical, Quantum Theory, Thermodynamics
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