Issue 21, 2012

How does it become possible to treat delocalized and/or open-shell systems in fragmentation-based linear-scaling electronic structure calculations? The case of the divide-and-conquer method

Abstract

The authors have developed a fragmentation-based linear-scaling electronic structure calculation strategy named the divide-and-conquer (DC) method, which has been implemented into the GAMESS program package. Although there are many sorts of fragmentation-based linear-scaling schemes, most of them require the charge and spin multiplicity of each fragment a priori. Therefore, their applications to delocalized and/or open-shell systems have been limited. However, the DC method is a notable exception because the distribution of electrons in the entire system is automatically determined by the universal Fermi level. In this perspective, the authors have summarized the performance of the linear-scaling self-consistent field (SCF) and post-SCF calculations of delocalized and/or open-shell systems based on the DC method. Furthermore, some future prospects of the method have been discussed.

Graphical abstract: How does it become possible to treat delocalized and/or open-shell systems in fragmentation-based linear-scaling electronic structure calculations? The case of the divide-and-conquer method

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
16 Jan 2012
Accepted
26 Mar 2012
First published
27 Mar 2012

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012,14, 7629-7639

How does it become possible to treat delocalized and/or open-shell systems in fragmentation-based linear-scaling electronic structure calculations? The case of the divide-and-conquer method

M. Kobayashi and H. Nakai, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 7629 DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40153C

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