How method-dependent are calculated differences between vertical, adiabatic, and 0-0 excitation energies?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4157-4171

  Fang, Changfeng ^a   Oruganti, Baswanth ^a   Durbeej, Bo ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALCULATIONS; EXCITED STATES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STATISTICS;

ADIABATIC EXCITATION ENERGIES; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL METHODS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VERTICAL EXCITATION ENERGY; ZERO-POINT VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

EXCITATION ENERGY;

EID: 84902455687     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501974p     Document Type: Article

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