We argue that the possibility to observe a stable biaxial nematic phase in a binary mixture of prolate and oblate hard particles is seriously limited by the existence of entropydriven demixing. This result follows from a simple Onsager-type density functional theory. An important feature15 the coupling of the demixing mechanism to the orientational order of the system. The strength of this coup...

Density functional theory in Firefly is implemented for restricted, unrestricted, and restricted-open wavefunctions. For each wavefunction, energies and analytical gradients are available. Analytical Hessians are currently not available. Instead, Hessians can be calculated in a semi-numerical fashion. Double hybrid functionals are an exception – for these functionals, only energies are currentl...

It is an understatement to say that the density functional theory (DFT) has strongly influenced the evolution of quantum chemistry during the past 15 years; the term “revolutionalized” is perhaps more appropriate. Based on the famous Hohenberg and Kohn theorems,1 DFT provided a sound basis for the development of computational strategies for obtaining information about the energetics, structure,...

Social interactions are characterized by distinct forms of interdependence, each of which has unique effects on how behavior unfolds within the interaction. Despite this, little is known about the psychological mechanisms that allow people to detect and respond to the nature of interdependence in any given interaction. We propose that interdependence theory provides clues regarding the structur...

We have investigated photosensitizing properties for porphrazine and eleven of its related derivatives based on time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. The modles have been divided into two categories based on the existence of CN functional group in one category but not in the other one. The other functional groups include H, CH3, F, CF3, C6H5, and C6F5 counterparts. The...