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Cheng Y, Ma H. Renormalized-Residue-Based Multireference Configuration Interaction Method for Strongly Correlated Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:1988-2009. [PMID: 38380619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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The implementation of multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) methods in quantum systems with large active spaces is hindered by the expansion of configuration bases or the intricate handling of reduced density matrices (RDMs). In this work, we present a spin-adapted renormalized-residue-based MRCI (RR-MRCI) approach that leverages renormalized residues to effectively capture the entanglement between active and inactive orbitals. This approach is reinforced by a novel efficient algorithm, which also facilitates an efficient deployment of spin-adapted matrix product state MRCI (MPS-MRCI). The RR-MRCI framework possesses several advantages: (1) It considers the orbital entanglement and utilizes highly compressed MPS structure, improving computational accuracy and efficiency compared with internally contracted (ic) MRCI. (2) Utilizing small-sized buffer environments of a few external orbitals as probes based on quantum information theory, it enhances computational efficiency over MPS-MRCI and offers potential application to large molecular systems. (3) The RR framework can be implemented in conjunction with ic-MRCI, eliminating the need for high-rank RDMs, by using distinct renormalized residues. We evaluated this method across nine diverse molecular systems, including Cu2O22+ with an active space of (24e,24o) and two complexes of lanthanide and actinide with active space (38e,36o), demonstrating the method's versatility and efficacy.
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- Yifan Cheng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Qingdao Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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Hou X, Chen F. Block Effective Hamiltonian Theory and Its Application. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:61-70. [PMID: 36516513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Block effective Hamiltonian theory (BEHT) is presented in this work. Configuration interaction functions are divided into P, Q, and R spaces. Effective Hamiltonian is constructed with the partitioning technique within the P space. The eigenvalue problem of the effective Hamiltonian is then solved iteratively. It is demonstrated that the ground-state energies of N2, HF, and F2 calculated with BEHT converge to the multireference configuration interaction energies from below and the iteration number becomes smaller as BEHT energy becomes closer to the exact energy. The accuracy of BEHT is better than that of the second-order multireference perturbation theory, although the matrix elements in both methods are the same. The ionization potentials of the singlet state of HF, the doublet state of F, and the triplet state of NH and the potential energy curves of CH4, C2, and N2 are calculated with BEHT and compared with experiments and results of CASSCF, CCSD, and CCSD(T) and the results of the full configuration interaction if available. The iteration numbers are all less than 10 in this study. These calculations show the good performances of BEHT in comparison with other theoretical approximation methods.
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- Xiangling Hou
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing100083, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Beijing100083, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing100083, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory for Science and Application of Functional Molecular and Crystalline Materials, Beijing100083, China
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Zou J, Wang Q, Ren X, Wang Y, Zhang H, Li S. Efficient Implementation of Block-Correlated Coupled Cluster Theory Based on the Generalized Valence Bond Reference for Strongly Correlated Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:5276-5285. [PMID: 35922401 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An optimized implementation of block-correlated coupled cluster theory based on the generalized valence bond wave function (GVB-BCCC) for the singlet ground state of strongly correlated systems is presented. The GVB-BCCC method with two-pair correlation (GVB-BCCC2b) or up to three-pair correlation (GVB-BCCC3b) will be the focus of this work. Three major techniques have been adopted to dramatically accelerate GVB-BCCC2b and GVB-BCCC3b calculations. First, the GVB-BCCC2b and GVB-BCCC3b codes are noticeably optimized by removing redundant calculations. Second, independent amplitudes are identified by constraining excited configurations to be pure singlet states and only independent amplitudes need to be solved. Third, an incremental updating scheme for the amplitudes in solving the GVB-BCCC equations is adopted. With these techniques, accurate GVB-BCCC3b calculations are now accessible for systems with relatively large active spaces (50 electrons in 50 orbitals) and GVB-BCCC2b calculations are affordable for systems with much larger active spaces. We have applied GVB-BCCC methods to investigate three typical kinds of systems: polyacenes, pentaprismane, and [Cu2O2]2+ isomers. For polyacenes, we demonstrate that GVB-BCCC3b can capture more than 94% of the total correlation energy even for 12-acene with 50 π electrons. For the potential energy curve of simultaneously stretching 15 C-C bonds in pentaprismane, our calculations show that the GVB-BCCC3b results are quite close to the results from the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) over the whole range. For two dinuclear copper oxide isomers, their relative energy predicted by GVB-BCCC3b is also in good accord with the DMRG result. All calculations show that the inclusion of three-pair correlation in GVB-BCCC is critical for accurate descriptions of strongly correlated systems.
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- Jingxiang Zou
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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Cheng Y, Xie Z, Ma H. Post-Density Matrix Renormalization Group Methods for Describing Dynamic Electron Correlation with Large Active Spaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:904-915. [PMID: 35049302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c04078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The ab initio density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method has been well-established and has become one of the most accurate numerical methods for the precise electronic structure solution of large active spaces. In the past few years, to capture the missing dynamic correlation, various post-DMRG approaches have been proposed through the combination of DMRG and multireference quantum chemical methods or density functional theory. With this in mind, this work provides a brief overview of ab initio DMRG principles and the new developments within post-DMRG methods. For clarity, post-DMRG methods are classified into two main categories depending on whether high-order n-electron reduced density matrices are used, and their merits and disadvantages are properly discussed. Finally, we conclude by discussing unsolved bottlenecks and giving development perspectives of post-DMRG approaches, which are expected to yield quantitative descriptions of complex electronic structures in large strongly correlated molecules and materials.
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- Yifan Cheng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Chattopadhyay S. Single-Root Multireference Brillouin-Wigner Perturbative Approach to Excitation Energies. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:1668-1686. [PMID: 33490826 PMCID: PMC7818614 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The state-specific Brillouin-Wigner multireference perturbation theory [which employs Jeziorski-Monkhorst parametrization of the wave function] using improved virtual orbitals, denoted as IVO-BWMRPT, is applied to calculate excitation energies (EEs) for methylene, ethylene, trimethylenemethane, and benzyne systems exhibiting various degrees of diradical character. In IVO-BWMRPT, all of the parameters appearing in the wave function ansatz are optimized for a specific electronic state. For these systems, the IVO-BWMRPT method provides EEs that are in close agreement with the benchmark results and experiments, where available, indicating that the method does not introduce imbalance in the target-specific treatment of closed- and open-shell states involved. The good performance of the present methodology is primarily related to structural compactness of the formalism. Overall, present findings are encouraging for both further development of the approach and chemical applications on the energy differences of strongly correlated systems.
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- Sudip Chattopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,
Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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Manna S, Chaudhuri RK, Chattopadhyay S. Taming the excited states of butadiene, hexatriene, and octatetraene using state specific multireference perturbation theory with density functional theory orbitals. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:244105. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0007198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Shovan Manna
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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Chattopadhyay S. Investigation of Multiple-Bond Dissociation Using Brillouin–Wigner Perturbation with Improved Virtual Orbitals. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:1444-1463. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sudip Chattopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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Manna S, Ray SS, Chattopadhyay S, Chaudhuri RK. A simplified account of the correlation effects to bond breaking processes: The Brillouin-Wigner perturbation theory using a multireference formulation. J Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5097657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Shovan Manna
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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Chattopadhyay S. Ab Initio Probing of the Ground State of Tetraradicals: Breakdown of Hund's Multiplicity Rule. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2211-2226. [PMID: 30794415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b10514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The electronic structure of organic σ-type polyradical including 2,4,6-tridehydropyridine radical cation (246-TDHP) and three isomers of tetradehydrobenzene (TDHB) have been studied using a computationally robust and cost-effective second-order multireference perturbative model which provides a balanced treatment of nondynamic and dynamic contributions to the electron correlation problem in the ground or excited electronic states which are imperative for predicting structural properties (e.g., ground state multiplicity, energy gaps between high-spin and low-spin states, etc.) of polyradicals. Energy gaps are useful to capture insight into the degree of interaction between the radical sites. An important finding of this study is that the tetraradicals considered here possess singlet ground states, contrary to Hund's rule. Present findings are in close agreement with the available high-level ab initio estimates at attainable cost implying that a perturbative description of the systems is adequate. The impact of N+ on the nature of ground state for the 246-TDHP have also analyzed. The singlet-triplet energy gaps for 1245- and 1234-TDHB are smaller than for o-benzyne mainly due to the ring strain. 1235-TDHB is 14.42 and 11.05 kcal/mol lower in energy than 1245- and 1234-isomers, respectively. IVO-SSMRPT predicts 1A1-3B2 and 1A1-5B2 gaps of 25.84 and 105.15 kcal/mol, respectively for the 246-TDHP cation.
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- Sudip Chattopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur , Howrah 711103 , India
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Földvári D, Tóth Z, Surján PR, Szabados Á. Geminal perturbation theory based on the unrestricted Hartree-Fock wavefunction. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:034103. [PMID: 30660159 DOI: 10.1063/1.5060731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A perturbative correction exploiting natural orbitals and the pair function structure of the unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF) wavefunction is devised. The method offers a simple framework for describing multireference systems where static correlation is captured by UHF. The UHF wavefunction is built of two-electron fragments (geminals), involving both singlet and triplet (ms = 0) parts. At order zero of the perturbative treatment, configuration interaction coefficients of UHF geminals are relaxed. The zero order Hamiltonian is of the Dyall-type, including explicit two-electron interaction within geminals and leading to a formal 6th power scaling. Adopting an effective one-electron zero order Hamiltonian term for the subset of virtual orbitals reduces scaling of the correction step to 4th power. Formal properties of the proposed schemes are discussed. Energetic data and natural occupation numbers of illustrative test systems are used to assess the new approach. The cases where the wavefunction becomes essentially spin pure at the level of reference show good performance. Spin contamination remaining at order zero is found to undermine the perturbative correction.
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- D Földvári
- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Institute of Chemistry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Wang Q, Zou J, Xu E, Pulay P, Li S. Automatic Construction of the Initial Orbitals for Efficient Generalized Valence Bond Calculations of Large Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 15:141-153. [PMID: 30481019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We propose an efficient general strategy for generating initial orbitals for generalized valence bond (GVB) calculations which makes routine black-box GVB calculations on large systems feasible. Two schemes are proposed, depending on whether the restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) wave function is stable (scheme I) or not (scheme II). In both schemes, the first step is the construction of active occupied orbitals and active virtual orbitals. In scheme I, active occupied orbitals are composed of the valence orbitals (the inner core orbitals are excluded), and the active virtual orbitals are obtained from the original virtual space by requiring its maximum overlap with the virtual orbital space of the same system at a minimal basis set. In scheme II, active occupied orbitals and active virtual orbitals are obtained from the set of unrestricted natural orbitals (UNOs), which are transformed from two sets of unrestricted HF spatial orbitals. In the next step, the active occupied orbitals and active virtual ones are separately transformed to localized orbitals. Localized occupied and virtual orbital pairs are formed using the Kuhn-Munkres (KM) algorithm and are used as the initial guess for the GVB orbitals. The optimized GVB wave function is obtained using the second-order self-consistent-field algorithm in the GAMESS program. With this procedure, GVB energies have been obtained for the lowest singlet and triplet states of polyacenes (up to decacene with 96 pairs) and the singlet ground state of two di-copper-oxygen-ammonia complexes. We have also calculated the singlet-triplet gaps for some polyacenes and the relative energy between two di-copper-oxygen-ammonia complexes with the block-correlated second-order perturbation theory based on the GVB reference.
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- Qingchun Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Innovation , Kobe University , Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Arkansas , Fayetteville , Arkansas 72701 , United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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Sharma P, Bernales V, Knecht S, Truhlar DG, Gagliardi L. Density matrix renormalization group pair-density functional theory (DMRG-PDFT): singlet-triplet gaps in polyacenes and polyacetylenes. Chem Sci 2018; 10:1716-1723. [PMID: 30842836 PMCID: PMC6368241 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03569e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) is a powerful method to treat static correlation.
The density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) is a powerful method to treat static correlation. Here we present an inexpensive way to calculate correlation energy starting from a DMRG wave function using pair-density functional theory (PDFT). We applied this new approach, called DMRG-PDFT, to study singlet–triplet gaps in polyacenes and polyacetylenes that require active spaces larger than the feasibility limit of the conventional complete active-space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method. The results match reasonably well with the most reliable literature values and have only a moderate dependence on the compression of the initial DMRG wave function. Furthermore, DMRG-PDFT is significantly less expensive than other commonly applied ways of adding additional correlation to DMRG, such as DMRG followed by multireference perturbation theory or multireference configuration interaction.
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- Prachi Sharma
- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , USA . ;
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 , CH-8093 Zürich , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry , Chemical Theory Center , Minnesota Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , USA . ;
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Chattopadhyay S. The effect of substituents on energy splitting in organic radicals: Quantitative cognizance from ab initio studies. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Combined complete active space configuration interaction and perturbation theory applied to conformational energy prototypes: Rotation and inversion barriers. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ghosh A, Sinha Ray S, Chaudhuri RK, Chattopadhyay S. Four-Component Relativistic State-Specific Multireference Perturbation Theory with a Simplified Treatment of Static Correlation. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:1487-1501. [PMID: 28112937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The relativistic multireference (MR) perturbative approach is one of the most successful tools for the description of computationally demanding molecular systems of heavy elements. We present here the ground state dissociation energy surfaces, equilibrium bond lengths, harmonic frequencies, and dissociation energies of Ag2, Cu2, Au2, and I2 computed using the four-component (4c) relativistic spinors based state-specific MR perturbation theory (SSMRPT) with improved virtual orbital complete active space configuration interaction (IVO-CASCI) functions. The IVO-CASCI method is a simple, robust, useful and lower cost alternative to the complete active space self-consistent field approach for treating quasidegenerate situations. The redeeming features of the resulting method, termed as 4c-IVO-SSMRPT, lies in (i) manifestly size-extensivity, (ii) exemption from intruder problems, (iii) the freedom of convenient multipartitionings of the Hamiltonian, (iv) flexibility of the relaxed and unrelaxed descriptions of the reference coefficients, and (v) manageable cost/accuracy ratio. The present method delivers accurate descriptions of dissociation processes of heavy element systems. Close agreement with reference values has been found for the calculated molecular constants indicating that our 4c-IVOSSMRPT provides a robust and economic protocol for determining the structural properties for the ground state of heavy element molecules with eloquent MR character as it treats correlation and relativity on equal footing.
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- Anirban Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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- Theoretical Physics, Indian Institute of Astrophysics , Bangalore 560034, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
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Sinha Ray S, Ghosh P, Chaudhuri RK, Chattopadhyay S. Improved virtual orbitals in state specific multireference perturbation theory for prototypes of quasidegenerate electronic structure. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:064111. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4975322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sinha Ray S, Ghosh A, Shit A, Chaudhuri RK, Chattopadhyay S. A simplified ab initio treatment of diradicaloid structures produced from stretching and breaking chemical bonds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:22282-22301. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03564k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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With a proper choice of active spaces, the single root perturbation theory employing improved virtual orbitals can flawlessly describe the ground, excited, ionized, and dissociated states having varying degrees of degeneracy at the expense of low computational cost.
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- Suvonil Sinha Ray
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
- Howrah 711103
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
- Howrah 711103
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
- Howrah 711103
- India
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Roemelt M, Guo S, Chan GKL. A projected approximation to strongly contracted N-electron valence perturbation theory for DMRG wavefunctions. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:204113. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4950757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Michael Roemelt
- Frick Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44789 Bochum, Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm Platz 1, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Frick Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Frick Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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