We perform benchmark calculations of the Bethe-Salpeter vertical excitation energies for the set of 28 molecules constituting the well-known Thiel’s set, complemented by a series of small molecules representative of the dye chemistry field. We show that Bethe-Salpeter calculations based on a molecular orbital energy spectrum obtained with non-self-consistent G0W0 calculations starting from semi...

In this paper different floating oscillator models for describing the amide I band of peptides and proteins are compared with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Models for the variation of the frequency shifts of the oscillators and the nearest-neighbor coupling between them with respect to conformation are constructed from DFT normal mode calculations on N-acetyl-glycine-N(')-methyl...

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A gold(I) complex with a triphenylphosphine and a monodentate N,N-dimethyldithiocarbamate ligand was synthesized and characterized by Raman spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction. DFT calculations (Gaussian 09, PBE1PBE/Lanl2dz) were undertaken for a single complex in the gas phase. The DFT-optimized structure and calculated Raman spectrum are in good agreement with the crystal struct...

Large-scale density functional theory calculations (DFT) found various types of binding of an unsaturated hydrocarbon (C2H2 and C2H4) to a ZSM-5 zeolite extraframework copper cation. We employed the DFT calculations based on the B3LYP functional to obtain local minima of an unsaturated hydrocarbon adsorbed on one or two copper cations embedded inside ZSM-5, and then compared their stabilization...

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to find the structural parameters of orthorhombic polyethylene crystal. Computations are carried using Plain wave self-consistent field method implemented in the PWscf software and various pseudo-potentials are used. The calculated values of geometrical parameters are in good agreement with reported values, but the cohesive energy show ...

Modern density functional theory (DFT) calculations employ the Kohn-Sham system of noninteracting electrons as a reference, with all complications buried in the exchange-correlation energy (E(XC)). The adiabatic connection formula gives an exact expression for E(XC). We consider DFT calculations that instead employ a reference of strictly correlated electrons. We define a "decorrelation energy"...

The IR and NMR spectra were coupled with quantum chemical calculations in DFT approach usingthe hybrid B3LYP exchange-correlation functional to confirm the structure of 2-methoxycarbonyl-7-methyl-1,3-thiazino[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-4,8-dione 2d.

Generating unoccupied orbitals within density functional theory (DFT) for use in GW calculations of quasiparticle energies becomes prohibitive for large systems. We show that, without any loss of accuracy, the unoccupied orbitals may be replaced by a set of simple approximate physical orbitals made from appropriately prepared plane waves and localized basis DFT orbitals that represent the conti...