Improved DFT Potential Energy Surfaces via Improved Densities

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3802-3807

  Kim, Min Cheol ^a   Park, Hansol ^a   Son, Suyeon ^a   Sim, Eunji ^a   Burke, Kieron ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULES; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CHARGED MOLECULE; DFT CALCULATION; DFT POTENTIAL; HARTREE-FOCK; HETERONUCLEAR MOLECULES;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 84942865001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01724     Document Type: Article

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