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potentially point charge information after another empty line. Please see the
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Hands-on Tutorials for details on the input file format.
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Feel free to ask questions or start a discussion on the Discussions section of our GitHub page: `https://github.com/merzlab/QUICK/discussions <https://github.com/merzlab/QUICK/discussions>`_.
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Feel free to ask questions or start a discussion on the Discussions section of our GitHub page:
QUICK has two built-in DFT methods that do not rely on Libxc:
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When DFT is selected as the Hamiltonian, an additional keyword is required to
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specify which DFT method to use, followed by optional additional keywords for
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DFT-related parameters.
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Built-in Methods
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QUICK has two built-in DFT methods:
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**BLYP** : Built in BLYP functional (A. D. Becke, Phys. Rev. A 38, 3098 (1988), C. Lee, W. Yang, and R. G. Parr, Phys. Rev. B 37, 785 (1988), B. Miehlich, A. Savin, H. Stoll, and H. Preuss, Chem. Phys. Lett. 157, 200 (1989))
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**B3LYP**: Built in B3LYP functional (P. J. Stephens, F. J. Devlin, C. F. Chabalowski, and M. J. Frisch, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 11623 (1994) )
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Following functionals use Libxc (version 4.0.4) and can be requested by their popular names:
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Functional Support via libxc
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Except for the built-in BLYP and B3LYP functionals QUICK makes use of the Libxc
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density functional library (version 4.0.4). The following functionals can be
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requested by their popular names:
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**BP86**: BP86 functional (A. D. Becke, Phys. Rev. A 38, 3098 (1988), J. P. Perdew, Phys. Rev. B 33, 8822 (1986))
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**PBE0**: PBE0/PBEH functional (C. Adamo and V. Barone, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 6158 (1999), M. Ernzerhof and G. E. Scuseria, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5029 (1999))
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Except for the built-in BLYP and B3LYP functionals QUICK makes use of the Libxc
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density functional library (version 4.0.4). All LDA, GGA and hybrid-GGA
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functionals available in Libxc can be requested. As a reminder, (hybrid)
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meta-GGA and range-separated hybrid functionals are not supported at present.
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You must make sure to select a valid combination of exchange and correlation
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functionals. A generic Libxc functional can be requested as follows:
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All LDA, GGA and hybrid-GGA functionals available in Libxc can be requested. As
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a reminder, (hybrid) meta-GGA and range-separated hybrid functionals are not
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supported at present. You must make sure to select a valid combination of
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exchange and correlation functionals. A generic Libxc functional can be
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requested as follows:
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**LIBXC=FUNCTIONAL1,FUNCTIONAL2** : Where FUNCTIONAL1 and FUNCTIONAL2 are exchange and correlation functionals. *Note: Spaces near '=' or ',' are not allowed.*
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See here for a `list of available functionals in the current QUICK version <working_libxc_funcs.html>`_.
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In addition to methods previously noted, a full list of the available and
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tested functionals can be found here: `libxc supported functionals in the current QUICK version <working_libxc_funcs.html>`_.
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If you are using Libxc in your work, please cite following paper:
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`Susi Lehtola, Conrad Steigemann, Micael J.T. Oliveira, and Miguel A.L. Marques, Recent developments
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in Libxc - A comprehensive library of functionals for density functional theory, Software X 7, 1 (2018) <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711017300602?via%3Dihub>`_.
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Grimme Dispersion Corrections
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Grimme type dispersion corrections are requested by adding one of the following keywords:
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**D2** : use Grimme's D2 dispersion correction in DFT.
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