Improving the accuracy of the nonlocal van der Waals density functional with minimal empiricism

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Vydrov, Oleg A ^a   Van Voorhis, Troy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE;

ASYMPTOTIC REGIMES; BENCHMARK TESTS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONAL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; DISPERSION INTERACTIONS; EXCHANGE AND CORRELATIONS; FUNCTIONALS; NON LOCALS; NONLOCAL CORRELATIONS; VAN DER WAALS;

VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EID: 62549107034     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3079684     Document Type: Article

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