Accuracy of electron affinities of atoms in approximate density functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2124-2129

  Lee, Donghyung ^a   Furche, Filipp ^a   Burke, Kieron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ELECTRON; BASIS SETS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; EXACT EXCHANGE; FUNCTIONALS; HARTREE-FOCK; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; SELF-INTERACTION ERROR; TOTAL ENERGY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77954716370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1007033     Document Type: Article

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