Orbital-free embedding applied to the calculation of induced dipole moments in CO2• X (X=He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Hg) van der Waals complexes

C.R. Jacob, T.A. Wesolowski, L. Visscher

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Abstract

The orbital-free frozen-density embedding scheme within density-functional theory [T. A. Wesolowski and A. Warshel, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 8050 (1993)] is applied to the calculation of induced dipole moments of the van der Waals complexes CO2 ⋯X (X=He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Hg). The accuracy of the embedding scheme is investigated by comparing to the results of supermolecule Kohn-Sham density-functional theory calculations. The influence of the basis set and the consequences of using orbital-dependent approximations to the exchange-correlation potential in embedding calculations are examined. It is found that in supermolecular Kohn-Sham density-functional calculations, different common approximations to the exchange-correlation potential are not able to describe the induced dipole moments correctly and the reasons for this failure are analyzed. It is shown that the orbital-free embedding scheme is a useful tool for applying different approximations to the exchange-correlation potential in different subsystems and that a physically guided choice of approximations for the different subsystems improves the calculated dipole moments significantly. © 2005 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)174104
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume123
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

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