Minimizing density functional failures for non-covalent interactions beyond van der Waals complexes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3217-3224

  Corminboeuf, Clemence ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

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CHEMICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 84908003533     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400303a     Document Type: Article

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