Towards superior van der Waals density functionals for molecular crystals
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| author | Fedorov, Dmitry V. Rybin, Nikita E. Averyanov, Mikhail A. Shapeev, Alexander V. Oganov, Artem R. Nervi, Carlo |
| author_facet | Fedorov, Dmitry V. Rybin, Nikita E. Averyanov, Mikhail A. Shapeev, Alexander V. Oganov, Artem R. Nervi, Carlo |
| contents | Ubiquitous van der Waals (vdW) interactions play a subtle yet crucial role in determining the precise atomic arrangements in solids, particularly in molecular crystals where these weak forces are the primary link between constituent building blocks. Within density functional (DF) theory, the most natural approach for addressing vdW forces is the use of vdW-inclusive density functionals. Through a detailed analysis of the underlying formalism, we have developed a computational scheme that combines vdW functionals of type DF1 and DF2 and serves as a well optimizable tool to improve the theoretical description and prediction of molecular crystals and other sparse materials. The proof of principle is demonstrated by our consideration of the molecular crystals from the X23 dataset. |
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| spellingShingle | Towards superior van der Waals density functionals for molecular crystals Fedorov, Dmitry V. Rybin, Nikita E. Averyanov, Mikhail A. Shapeev, Alexander V. Oganov, Artem R. Nervi, Carlo Materials Science Chemical Physics Ubiquitous van der Waals (vdW) interactions play a subtle yet crucial role in determining the precise atomic arrangements in solids, particularly in molecular crystals where these weak forces are the primary link between constituent building blocks. Within density functional (DF) theory, the most natural approach for addressing vdW forces is the use of vdW-inclusive density functionals. Through a detailed analysis of the underlying formalism, we have developed a computational scheme that combines vdW functionals of type DF1 and DF2 and serves as a well optimizable tool to improve the theoretical description and prediction of molecular crystals and other sparse materials. The proof of principle is demonstrated by our consideration of the molecular crystals from the X23 dataset. |
| title | Towards superior van der Waals density functionals for molecular crystals |
| topic | Materials Science Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20738 |