Interoperable Workflows by Exchanging Grid-Based Data between Quantum-Chemical Program Packages

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Main Authors: Focke, Kevin, De Santis, Matteo, Wolter, Mario, B, Jessica A. Martinez, Vallet, Valérie, Gomes, André Severo Pereira, Olejniczak, Małgorzata, Jacob, Christoph R.
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author Focke, Kevin
De Santis, Matteo
Wolter, Mario
B, Jessica A. Martinez
Vallet, Valérie
Gomes, André Severo Pereira
Olejniczak, Małgorzata
Jacob, Christoph R.
author_facet Focke, Kevin
De Santis, Matteo
Wolter, Mario
B, Jessica A. Martinez
Vallet, Valérie
Gomes, André Severo Pereira
Olejniczak, Małgorzata
Jacob, Christoph R.
contents Quantum-chemical subsystem and embedding methods require complex workflows that may involve multiple quantum-chemical program packages. Moreover, such workflows require the exchange of voluminous data that goes beyond simple quantities such as molecular structures and energies. Here, we describe our approach for addressing this interoperability challenge by exchanging electron densities and embedding potentials as grid-based data. We describe the approach that we have implemented to this end in a dedicated code, PyEmbed, currently part of a Python scripting framework. We discuss how it has facilitated the development of quantum-chemical subsystem and embedding methods, and highlight several applications that have been enabled by PyEmbed, including WFT-in-DFT embedding schemes mixing non-relativistic and relativistic electronic structure methods, real-time time-dependent DFT-in-DFT approaches, the density-based many-body expansion, and workflows including real-space data analysis and visualization. Our approach demonstrates in particular the merits of exchanging (complex) grid-based data, and in general the potential of modular software development in quantum chemistry, which hinges upon libraries that facilitate interoperability.
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spellingShingle Interoperable Workflows by Exchanging Grid-Based Data between Quantum-Chemical Program Packages
Focke, Kevin
De Santis, Matteo
Wolter, Mario
B, Jessica A. Martinez
Vallet, Valérie
Gomes, André Severo Pereira
Olejniczak, Małgorzata
Jacob, Christoph R.
Chemical Physics
Quantum-chemical subsystem and embedding methods require complex workflows that may involve multiple quantum-chemical program packages. Moreover, such workflows require the exchange of voluminous data that goes beyond simple quantities such as molecular structures and energies. Here, we describe our approach for addressing this interoperability challenge by exchanging electron densities and embedding potentials as grid-based data. We describe the approach that we have implemented to this end in a dedicated code, PyEmbed, currently part of a Python scripting framework. We discuss how it has facilitated the development of quantum-chemical subsystem and embedding methods, and highlight several applications that have been enabled by PyEmbed, including WFT-in-DFT embedding schemes mixing non-relativistic and relativistic electronic structure methods, real-time time-dependent DFT-in-DFT approaches, the density-based many-body expansion, and workflows including real-space data analysis and visualization. Our approach demonstrates in particular the merits of exchanging (complex) grid-based data, and in general the potential of modular software development in quantum chemistry, which hinges upon libraries that facilitate interoperability.
title Interoperable Workflows by Exchanging Grid-Based Data between Quantum-Chemical Program Packages
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17925