Emerging DFT Methods and Their Importance for Challenging Molecular Systems with Orbital Degeneracy

We briefly present some of the most modern and outstanding non-conventional density-functional theory (DFT) methods, which have largely broadened the field of applications with respect to more traditional calculations. The results of these ongoing efforts reveal that a DFT-inspired solution always e...

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Main Authors: E. San-Fabián, J. C. Sancho-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Computation
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/7/4/62
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Summary:We briefly present some of the most modern and outstanding non-conventional density-functional theory (DFT) methods, which have largely broadened the field of applications with respect to more traditional calculations. The results of these ongoing efforts reveal that a DFT-inspired solution always exists even for pathological cases. Among the set of emerging methods, we specifically mention FT-DFT, OO-DFT, RSX-DFT, MC-PDFT, and FLOSIC-DFT, complementing the last generation of existing density functionals, such as local hybrid and double-hybrid expressions.
ISSN:2079-3197