Recruiting another post-doc in Massimiliano Arca's group: https://dirpersonale.unica.it/concorsi/UserFiles/Files/ASSEGNI_2024/ARCA_MASSIMILIANO_COD_36A/Bando_Inglese_Arca.pdf
Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00268976.2017.1333644
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00268976.2017.1333644
Taylor & Francis
Thirty years of density functional theory in computational chemistry: an overview and extensive assessment of 200 density functionals
In the past 30 years, Kohn–Sham density functional theory has emerged as the most popular electronic structure method in computational chemistry. To assess the ever-increasing number of approximate...
Open Access
This paper is from 2009, but still very relevant:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-009-9404-8
This paper is from 2009, but still very relevant:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-009-9404-8
SpringerLink
Density functional theory
Photosynthesis Research - Density functional theory (DFT) finds increasing use in applications related to biological systems. Advancements in methodology and implementations have reached a point...
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What unique approach did the development of the ωB97M-V density functional utilize to optimize its parameters for quantum chemistry applications?
Anonymous Quiz
15%
It employed a genetic algorithm for parameter selection.
20%
It relied on a combinatorial optimization from over 10¹⁰ fits.
17%
It used a singular value decomposition for stability.
25%
It was the first to incorporate machine learning techniques.
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It integrated an exclusively empirical parameter fitting.
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Strictly no dancing: Researchers discover 'new molecular design rules'
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-strictly-molecular.html
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-strictly-molecular.html
phys.org
Strictly no dancing: Researchers discover 'new molecular design rules'
Since the discovery of quantum mechanics more than a hundred years ago, it has been known that electrons in molecules can be coupled to the motion of the atoms that make up the molecules. Often referred ...
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20-Year-Old Molecular Prediction Comes True – Chemists Have Finally Succeeded in Synthesizing an Unusual and Elusive Molecule
https://scitechdaily.com/20-year-old-molecular-prediction-comes-true-chemists-have-finally-succeeded-in-synthesizing-an-unusual-and-elusive-molecule/
https://scitechdaily.com/20-year-old-molecular-prediction-comes-true-chemists-have-finally-succeeded-in-synthesizing-an-unusual-and-elusive-molecule/
SciTechDaily
20-Year-Old Molecular Prediction Comes True – Chemists Have Finally Succeeded in Synthesizing an Unusual and Elusive Molecule
The first and the best-known metallocene is 'ferrocene', which contains a single iron atom. Sandwich complexes are now standard topics in inorganic chemistry textbooks, and the bonding and electronic structure of metallocenes are covered in undergraduate…
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