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Finite-field implementation of NMR chemical shieldings for molecules: direct and converse gauge-including
Filipe Vasconcelos1, Gilles A de Wijs, Remco W A Havenith
1Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Two finite-field implementations for the calculation of chemical shieldings of molecular systems using a plane-wave basis set and the Gauge-Including Projector-Augmented-Wave method are presented. The direct approach mimics the nuclear magnetic resonance experiment in that it puts the molecule in a uniform magnetic field and obtains shieldings from the current response. The other is based on the recently introduced "converse method" [T. Thonhauser, D. Ceresoli, A. A. Mostofi et al., J. Chem. Phys. 131, 101101 (2009)]. In both methods two-center contributions to the shieldings can be included via a numerically simple augmentation construction. Results obtained with both methods are discussed as well as (dis)similarities in their behaviors.
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