Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - Molecular physics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the past 30 years, Kohn–Sham density functional theory has emerged as the most popular
electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing …

A look at the density functional theory zoo with the advanced GMTKN55 database for general main group thermochemistry, kinetics and noncovalent interactions

L Goerigk, A Hansen, C Bauer, S Ehrlich… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the GMTKN55 benchmark database for general main group thermochemistry,
kinetics and noncovalent interactions. Compared to its popular predecessor GMTKN30 …

Minimally empirical double-hybrid functionals trained against the GMTKN55 database: revDSD-PBEP86-D4, revDOD-PBE-D4, and DOD-SCAN-D4

G Santra, N Sylvetsky, JML Martin - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a family of minimally empirical double-hybrid DFT functionals parametrized
against the very large and diverse GMTKN55 benchmark. The very recently proposed …

[HTML][HTML] ωB97M-V: A combinatorially optimized, range-separated hybrid, meta-GGA density functional with VV10 nonlocal correlation

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
A combinatorially optimized, range-separated hybrid, meta-GGA density functional with
VV10 nonlocal correlation is presented. The final 12-parameter functional form is selected …

How accurate are the Minnesota density functionals for noncovalent interactions, isomerization energies, thermochemistry, and barrier heights involving molecules …

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The 14 Minnesota density functionals published between the years 2005 and early 2016 are
benchmarked on a comprehensive database of 4986 data points (84 data sets) involving …

The nonlocal kernel in van der Waals density functionals as an additive correction: An extensive analysis with special emphasis on the B97M-V and ωB97M-V …

A Najibi, L Goerigk - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of van der Waals density functional approximations (vdW-DFAs) has
gained considerable interest over the past decade. While in a strictest sense, energy …

[HTML][HTML] Survival of the most transferable at the top of Jacob's ladder: Defining and testing the ωB97M (2) double hybrid density functional

N Mardirossian, M Head-Gordon - The Journal of chemical physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A meta-generalized gradient approximation, range-separated double hybrid (DH) density
functional with VV10 non-local correlation is presented. The final 14-parameter functional …

Semi-empirical or non-empirical double-hybrid density functionals: which are more robust?

N Mehta, M Casanova-Páez, L Goerigk - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of non-empirical double-hybrid density functionals (DHDFs) is a very
active research area with the number of approaches in this field having increased rapidly. At …

Quantum mechanical thermochemical predictions 100 years after the Schrödinger equation

A Karton - Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Twenty-five years ago, the two main pillars of quantum chemistry—density functional and
composite ab initio theories—were recognized with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to …

On-surface synthesis and characterization of anti-aromatic cyclo [12] carbon and cyclo [20] carbon

L Sun, W Zheng, F Kang, W Gao, T Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cyclo [n] carbons have recently attracted significant attention owing to their geometric and
electronic structures remaining largely unexplored in the condensed phase. In this work, we …