Piecewise linearity and spectroscopic properties from koopmans-compliant functionals

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 347, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-234

  Dabo, Ismaila ^a   Ferretti, Andrea ^b   Marzari, Nicola ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84921730266     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_504     Document Type: Article

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