A hybrid approach combining energy density analysis with the interaction energy decomposition method
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Published on: July 19, 2019
Yoshiumi Kawamura1, Hiromi Nakai
1Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
Abstract:
We propose a new analysis technique for characterizing molecular interactions that combines an energy decomposition scheme, such as the Kitaura-Morokuma decomposition method, with energy density analysis, which partitions the total energy of the system into atomic contributions. The combined scheme, termed Interaction-EDA, enables us to estimate the local contribution of interaction energy components, such as electrostatic, exchange, polarization, and charge transfer. The evaluation of the local interaction energy is rather important in large systems. For a numerical assessment, the Interaction-EDA method is applied to the process of CO adsorption on Si(100) - (2 x 1) surface.
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