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Area of Science:

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Quantum Mechanics

Background:

  • Force accuracy is critical for training machine-learned force fields using density functional theory (DFT) data.
  • Modeling noncovalent interactions (NCIs) requires high accuracy in forces, yet benchmarking DFT force accuracy for NCIs remains a challenge.
  • Forces are highly sensitive to the chosen density functional approximation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To benchmark the force performance of dispersion-enhanced DFT against accurate CCSD(T) references for charged NCI dimers.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the novel (r2SCAN+MBD)@HF method for improving force accuracy in charged systems.
  • To assess the impact of improved force accuracy on machine-learned force fields and molecular dynamics simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed force performance of dispersion-enhanced DFT methods against CCSD(T) references.
  • Focused on representative charged NCI dimers.
  • Evaluated the (r2SCAN+MBD)@HF method, combining r2SCAN, many-body dispersion (MBD), and Hartree-Fock (HF) densities.

Main Results:

  • Conventional dispersion-enhanced density functional approximations (DFAs) showed significant force errors for charged systems.
  • The (r2SCAN+MBD)@HF method systematically reduced force errors for charged NCI dimers.
  • Improvements were most pronounced for strongly charged dimers and extended to vibrational frequencies.

Conclusions:

  • The (r2SCAN+MBD)@HF method demonstrates superior force accuracy for charged NCIs compared to other DFT approaches.
  • This enhanced accuracy leads to improved vibrational spectra in machine-learned force field-based molecular dynamics simulations.
  • (r2SCAN+MBD)@HF is a promising high-quality reference for training machine-learned force fields for charged NCIs and warrants broader application.