Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures

We investigate the performance of the vdW-DF functional of Dion et al. implemented in the SIESTA code. In particular, the S22 data set and several calixarene-based host–guest structures are examined to assess the performance of the functional. The binding energy error statistics for the S22 data set...

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Main Authors: Carter, Damien, Rohl, Andrew
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8090
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description We investigate the performance of the vdW-DF functional of Dion et al. implemented in the SIESTA code. In particular, the S22 data set and several calixarene-based host–guest structures are examined to assess the performance of the functional. The binding energy error statistics for the S22 data set reveal that the vdW-DF functional performs very well when compared to a range of other methods of treating dispersion in density functional theory, and to vdW-DF implementations in other codes. For the calixarene host–guest structures, the structural properties and binding energies are compared to previous experimental and computational studies, and in most cases we find that vdW-DF provides superior results to other computational studies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-80902017-09-13T14:38:33Z Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures Carter, Damien Rohl, Andrew We investigate the performance of the vdW-DF functional of Dion et al. implemented in the SIESTA code. In particular, the S22 data set and several calixarene-based host–guest structures are examined to assess the performance of the functional. The binding energy error statistics for the S22 data set reveal that the vdW-DF functional performs very well when compared to a range of other methods of treating dispersion in density functional theory, and to vdW-DF implementations in other codes. For the calixarene host–guest structures, the structural properties and binding energies are compared to previous experimental and computational studies, and in most cases we find that vdW-DF provides superior results to other computational studies. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8090 10.1021/ct200679b American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Carter, Damien
Rohl, Andrew
Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title_full Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title_fullStr Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title_full_unstemmed Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title_short Noncovalent Interactions in SIESTA Using the vdW-DF Functional: S22 Benchmark and Macrocyclic Structures
title_sort noncovalent interactions in siesta using the vdw-df functional: s22 benchmark and macrocyclic structures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8090