New density functional parameterizations to accurate calculations of electric field gradient variations among compounds

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 36(2015), 28 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 2125-30
1. Verfasser: Santiago, Régis Tadeu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Haiduke, Roberto Luiz Andrade
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article density functionals electric field gradients nuclear quadrupole moments relativistic effects
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Zusammenfassung:© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
This research provides a performance investigation of density functional theory and also proposes new functional parameterizations to deal with electric field gradient (EFG) calculations at nuclear positions. The entire procedure is conducted within the four-component formalism. First, we noticed that traditional hybrid and long-range corrected functionals are more efficient in the description of EFG variations for a set of elements (indium, antimony, iodine, lutetium, and hafnium) among linear molecules. Thus, we selected the PBE0, B3LYP, and CAM-B3LYP functionals and promoted a reoptimization of their parameters for a better description of these EFG changes. The PBE0q variant developed here showed an overall promising performance in a validation test conducted with potassium, iodine, copper, and gold. In general, the correlation coefficients found in linear regressions between experimental nuclear quadrupole coupling constants and calculated EFGs are improved while the systematic EFG errors also decrease as a result of this reparameterization
Beschreibung:Date Completed 18.12.2015
Date Revised 29.09.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.24052