Dispersion corrections to density functionals for water aromatic interactions
- 8 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 120 (6) , 2693-2699
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1637034
Abstract
We investigate recently published methods for extending density functional theory to the description of long-range dispersive interactions. In all schemes an empirical correction consisting of a C6r(-6) term is introduced that is damped at short range. The coefficient C6 is calculated either from average molecular or atomic polarizabilities. We calculate geometry-dependent interaction energy profiles for the water benzene cluster and compare the results with second-order Møller-Plesset calculations. Our results indicate that the use of the B3LYP functional in combination with an appropriate mixing rule and damping function is recommended for the interaction of water with aromatics.Keywords
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