Meta-GGA exchange-correlation functional with a balanced treatment of nonlocality

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2256-2263

  Constantin, Lucian A ^a   Fabiano, E ^b   Della Sala, F ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

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EID: 84877751155     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct400148r     Document Type: Article

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