Issue 15, 2011

Energy decomposition analysis based on a block-localized wavefunction and multistate density functional theory

Abstract

An interaction energy decomposition analysis method based on the block-localized wavefunction (BLW-ED) approach is described. The first main feature of the BLW-ED method is that it combines concepts of valence bond and molecular orbital theories such that the intermediate and physically intuitive electron-localized states are variationally optimized by self-consistent field calculations. Furthermore, the block-localization scheme can be used both in wave function theory and in density functional theory, providing a useful tool to gain insights on intermolecular interactions that would otherwise be difficult to obtain using the delocalized Kohn–Sham DFT. These features allow broad applications of the BLW method to energy decomposition (BLW-ED) analysis for intermolecular interactions. In this perspective, we outline theoretical aspects of the BLW-ED method, and illustrate its applications in hydrogen-bonding and π–cation intermolecular interactions as well as metal–carbonyl complexes. Future prospects on the development of a multistate density functional theory (MSDFT) are presented, making use of block-localized electronic states as the basis configurations.

Graphical abstract: Energy decomposition analysis based on a block-localized wavefunction and multistate density functional theory

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
20 Oct 2010
Accepted
14 Jan 2011
First published
02 Mar 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 6760-6775

Energy decomposition analysis based on a block-localized wavefunction and multistate density functional theory

Y. Mo, P. Bao and J. Gao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 6760 DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02206C

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