Improving the accuracy of hybrid meta-GGA density functionals by range separation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2810-2817

  Peverati, Roberto ^a   Truhlar, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION ENERGIES; BARRIER HEIGHTS; BOND DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; FUNCTIONALS; HARTREE-FOCK EXCHANGES; INTERELECTRONIC DISTANCE; META GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; MINNESOTA; NEW FORMS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; PROTON AFFINITY; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES; TEST SETS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 80455174368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201170d     Document Type: Article

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