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  • 1Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Institut de Chimie, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. fromagere@unistra.fr

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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Theoretical Chemistry

Background:

  • Density-scaled double hybrid functionals offer a promising avenue for accurate electronic structure calculations.
  • Existing methods, like Sharkas et al.'s approach, provide a foundation for developing more sophisticated computational models.
  • Understanding the interplay between exact exchange and correlation energy is crucial for refining these models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a two-parameter extension of the density-scaled double hybrid approach.
  • To introduce a new, more justified procedure for calculating orbitals within this framework.
  • To investigate the performance of the proposed method against conventional double hybrids for various molecular systems.

Main Methods:

  • Explicit treatment of a fraction of multideterminantal exact exchange.
  • Development of a two-parameter extension allowing a(c) ≤ a(x)² for Møller-Plesset (MP2) correlation and Hartree-Fock exchange fractions.
  • Introduction of the λ(1) variant for orbital calculation and testing against established double hybrids (B2-PLYP, B2GP-PLYP, PBE0-DH).

Main Results:

  • The λ(1) variant shows significant differences in potential curves compared to regular double hybrids.
  • Weakly bound dimers are systematically bound more strongly with the λ(1) variants, indicating potential improvements.
  • The condition a(c) ≤ a(x)² is fulfilled, consistent with conventional semi-empirical double hybrids.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed two-parameter extension and λ(1) orbital calculation method offer a valuable advancement in double hybrid density functional theory.
  • The method demonstrates improved performance for certain systems, particularly weakly bound dimers.
  • Further research exploring density scaling in correlation functionals and optimized effective potentials is warranted.