Benchmarking calculated lattice parameters and energies of molecular crystals using van der Waals density functionals

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3423-3437

  Carter, Damien J ^a   Rohl, Andrew L ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84905688119     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500335b     Document Type: Article

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