Semiempirical van der Waals correction to the density functional description of solids and molecular structures

F Ortmann, F Bechstedt, WG Schmidt - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
The influence of a simple semiempirical van der Waals (vdW) correction on the description
of dispersive, covalent, and ionic bonds within density functional theory is studied. The …

Global ab initio ground-state potential energy surface of N4

Y Paukku, KR Yang, Z Varga, DG Truhlar - The Journal of chemical …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present a global ground-state potential energy surface for N 4 suitable for treating high-
energy vibrational-rotational energy transfer and collision-induced dissociation in N 2–N 2 …

Revealing the nature of intermolecular interaction and configurational preference of the nonpolar molecular dimers (H2)2, (N2)2, and (H2)(N2)

T Lu, F Chen - Journal of molecular modeling, 2013 - Springer
Understanding the nature of noncovalent interactions between nonpolar small molecules is
not only theoretically interesting but also important for practical purposes. The interaction …

Van der Waals interactions in DFT made easy by Wannier functions

PL Silvestrelli - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
Ubiquitous van der Waals interactions between atoms and molecules are important for many
molecular and solid structures. These systems are often studied from first principles using …

Ab initio potential energy surface for the nitrogen molecule pair and thermophysical properties of nitrogen gas

R Hellmann - Molecular Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A four-dimensional potential energy hypersurface (PES) for the interaction of two rigid
nitrogen molecules was determined from high-level quantum-chemical ab initio …

Inelastic rate coefficients based on an improved potential energy surface for N 2+ N 2 collisions in a wide temperature range

Q Hong, Q Sun, M Bartolomei, F Pirani… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A modification in the potential energy surface (PES) for N2–N2 interactions, reported in the
literature [D. Cappelletti et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 4281], has been …

Thermodynamics of the van der Waals Dimers of O2, N2 and the Heterodimer (N2)(O2) and Their Presence in Earth's Atmosphere

AM Halpern - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
The dimerization thermodynamics of N2 and O2, the principal components of Earth's
atmosphere, have been determined from the respective second virial coefficients of the …

Global fits of new intermolecular ground state potential energy surfaces for N2–H2 and N2–N2 van der Waals dimers

L Gomez, B Bussery-Honvault, T Cauchy… - Chemical Physics …, 2007 - Elsevier
We have built new global fits for the ground state potential energy surfaces (PES) of N2–H2
and N2–N2 complexes using ab initio perturbative and supermolecular methods. The …

Wide-ranging reference correlations for dilute gas transport properties based on ab initio calculations and viscosity ratio measurements

X Xiao, D Rowland, SZS Al Ghafri… - Journal of Physical and …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The combined use of experimental viscosity ratios together with ab initio calculations for
helium has driven significant improvements in the description of dilute gas transport …

Elementary processes in atmospheric chemistry: Quantum studies of intermolecular dimer formation and intramolecular dynamics

GS Maciel, D Cappelletti, G Grossi, F Pirani… - Advances in Quantum …, 2008 - Elsevier
The present article provides an account of recent progress in the use of quantum
mechanical tools for understanding structure and processes for systems of relevance in …