Isotropic Periodic Sum Treatment of Long-Range Electrostatic Interactions in Combined Quantum Mechanical and

Pedro Ojeda-May1, Jingzhi Pu1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis , 402 N. Blackford St., LD326, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States.

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