Improved grid-based algorithm for Bader charge allocation

(c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Détails bibliographiques
Publié dans:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 28(2007), 5 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 899-908
Auteur principal: Sanville, Edward (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Kenny, Steven D, Smith, Roger, Henkelman, Graeme
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2007
Accès à la collection:Journal of computational chemistry
Sujets:Journal Article
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Résumé:(c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
An improvement to the grid-based algorithm of Henkelman et al. for the calculation of Bader volumes is suggested, which more accurately calculates atomic properties as predicted by the theory of Atoms in Molecules. The CPU time required by the improved algorithm to perform the Bader analysis scales linearly with the number of interatomic surfaces in the system. The new algorithm corrects systematic deviations from the true Bader surface, calculated by the original method and also does not require explicit representation of the interatomic surfaces, resulting in a more robust method of partitioning charge density among atoms in the system. Applications of the method to some small systems are given and it is further demonstrated how the method can be used to define an energy per atom in ab initio calculations
Description:Date Completed 22.05.2007
Date Revised 21.02.2007
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X