We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms.The present section offers a brief introduction to the pseudopotential approach in general, followed by a review of the fundamentals of the effective core potentials and model core potentials, and starts from where the most recent review ended [].8.1.1 Separability of the Valence and Core Spaces. Mendeleev's Periodic Table of the chemical elements is one of the most important milestones in ...Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2000, M. Dolg published Effective core potential | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGateThe relevant key words are, for example, B3LYP/Gen pseudo=cards. Also, the effective core potential and the related basis set need to be placed explicitly after the coordinates of atoms in the ...1. Introduction. Effective core potential (ECP) approaches are almost as old as quantum mechanics [ 1, 2 ], but it was only during the last three decades that they became one of the mostly used approximate methods in both relativistic wavefunction-based ab initio quantum chemistry as well as corresponding density functional theory (DFT) schemes.A generalization of the shape‐consistent Relativistic Effective Core Potential (RECP) method is developed for the case of pseudospinors that may have nodes. Both valence and outermost core pseudospinors are included in the Generalized RECP generation procedure.In the effective core potential (ECP) approximation, 24-27 a fraction of chemically inert core electrons is replaced by the pseudopotential constructed to reproduce atomic Hartree-Fock or Dirac-Hartree-Fock results. This approach has enabled quantum chemical calculations to be carried out on molecules containing heavy atoms with highly reduced computational timings.A method is developed for obtaining fully relativistic effective core potentials from numerical Dirac-Fock self-consistent-field calculations. Analytical forms for the effective core potentials are derived for Ca and T1, and the results of valence-only Dirac-Fock calculations are presented. Download to read the full chapter text.The electronic ground states of lanthanide atoms span the range from a closed-shell singlet (Yb 1 S) to nonet (Gd 9 D°). 1,2 The many low-lying excited states, multireference character, and relativistic effects add further complexity to their electronic structures. 3-5 Both relativistic all-electron methods and effective core potential (ECP ...Jan 1, 1994 · The ground state geometries of small anionic Ag − n (n=2–9) clusters were determined in the framework of the Hartree–Fock procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core–valence correlation (CVC) effects. An improved effective core potential (ECP) technique is described and used to give ECP parameters for the atoms of the first two rows of the periodic table. A given basis set is parametrized which allows for a direct comparison with all‐electron calculations. Extensive test calculations on first‐ and second‐row molecules using the ECP ...An effective core potential system has been developed for heavy atoms in which relativistic effects are included in the effective potentials (EP). The EP’s are based on numerical Dirac–Hartree–Fock calculations for atoms and on the Phillips–Kleinman transformation with other aspects similar to the treatments of Goddard and Melius and ...LANL2DZ effective core potential (ECP) for Rh. Single-point corrections were calculated using B3LYP-D3(BJ) functional with the 6-311+G(d,p)26 basis set for all nonmetal atoms and the LANL2DZ the effective core potential for Rh. The transi-tion state geometries were obtained by positioning the two intermeshed triptycene blades 30° off their ...Ab initio effective core potentials (ECP’s) have been generated to replace the innermost core electron for third‐row (K–Au), fourth‐row (Rb–Ag), and fifth‐row (Cs–Au) atoms. The outermost core orbitals—corresponding to the ns 2 np 6 configuration for the three rows here—are not replaced by the ECP but are treated on an equal footing with …We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with $4d$, $5d$, $6s$ and $6p$ valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms. The construction …A new generation of effective core potentials: selected lanthanides and heavy elements Haihan Zhou11, ∗and Benjamin Kincaid 1, Guangming Wang , Abdulgani Annaberdiyev 2, Panchapakesan Ganesh , and Lubos Mitas11 11) Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8202, USA 2) Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division,This work integrates a powerful neural-network based model (FermiNet) with the effective core potential method, which helps to reduce the complexity of the problem by replacing inner core electrons with additional semi-local potential terms in Hamiltonian. Deep learning techniques have opened a new venue for electronic structure theory in …Results of extensive all-electron and effective core potential (ECP) ab initio calculations on the ground state properties of ArH +, KrH + and XeH + are reported. It is demonstrated that, for the equilibrium distance and harmonic frequency, the ECPs combined with a hydrogen basis set of sufficient size and flexibility lead to an accuracy quite similar to the most sophisticated all-electron ...The effective core potential (ECP) approach is one of the oldest and still one of the most frequently used methods in relativistic quantum chemistry [1, 2]. Following chemical intuition, an atom is partitioned into a core and a valence electron system. The chemically inert core of the atom is considered to be frozen. It is removedEFFECTIVE CORE POTENTIALS MICHAEL DOLG Institut f ur Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115 Bonn Germany E-mail: [email protected] …Interactions of eka-Hg (E112) and Hg atoms with small gold clusters were studied in the frame of the relativistic effective core potential model using the density functional theory (DFT) approach incorporating spin-dependent (magnetic) interactions.DOI: 10.1021/ct8000409 Corpus ID: 206911248; Revised Basis Sets for the LANL Effective Core Potentials. @article{Roy2008RevisedBS, title={Revised Basis Sets for the LANL Effective Core Potentials.}, author={Lindsay E. Roy and P. Jeffrey Hay and Richard L. Martin}, journal={Journal of chemical theory and computation}, year={2008}, volume={4 7}, pages={ 1029-31 }, url={https://api ...We propose large-core correlation-consistent (cc) pseudopotential basis sets for the heavy p-block elements Ga-Kr and In-Xe. The basis sets are of cc-pVTZ and cc-pVQZ quality, and have been optimized for use with the large-core (valence-electrons only) Stuttgart-Dresden-Bonn (SDB) relativistic pseudopotentials. Validation calculations on a variety of third-row and fourth-row diatomics ...The effective core potential (ECP) approach is one of the oldest and still one of the most frequently used methods in relativistic quantum chemistry [1, 2]. Following chemical intuition, an atom is partitioned into a core and a valence electron system. The chemically inert core of the atom is considered to be frozen.AB - Density functional theory (DFT) calculations using relativistic effective core potentials (RECPs) have emerged as a robust and fast method of calculating the structural parameters and energy changes of the thermochemical reactions of actinide complexes. A comparative investigation of the performance of the Stuttgart small-core and large ...@misc{li2021fermionic, title={Fermionic Neural Network with Effective Core Potential}, author={Xiang Li and Cunwei Fan and Weiluo Ren and Ji Chen}, year={2021}, eprint={2108.11661}, archivePrefix={arXiv}, primaryClass={physics.chem-ph} } About. An implementation combining FermiNet with effective core potential (ecp). ...We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms.Relativistic quantum mechanical techniques based on the Dirac-Fock equation and relativistic effective core potentials are outlined. All-electron results and the corresponding results obtained through the use of RECPs are compared, when all-electron results are available. Representative results on the ground and excited electronic states are also presented.Relativistic Effective Core Potential Method 2. The Effective Core Potential Method III 2.1. General Theory As mentioned above, the procedure is based on the conception that the chemical effects are essentially determined by the valence electrons only, the core electrons shielding the nucleus. Accordingly, the one basicEffective core potentials (ECPs) are widely used in electronic structure calculations of molecular and condensed systems. ECPs simplify these calculations by eliminating the core electrons, which usually do not significantly contribute to the valence electronic structure. ... having in mind potential high-pressure applications. The discrepancy ...The new method, called effective group potential, which generalizes the concept of effective core potential by including in a potential the effects of many atoms ligand, is used to calculate ...In our previous work we examined DFT using all-electron basis sets, but approaches incorporating effective core potentials (ECPs) are effective in reducing computational expense. With this in mind, our efforts were expanded to include evaluation of the performance of the basis set derived to approximate such an approach as well on … You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. In the effective core potential (ECP) approximation, 24-27 a fraction of chemically inert core electrons is replaced by the pseudopotential constructed to reproduce atomic Hartree-Fock or Dirac-Hartree-Fock results. This approach has enabled quantum chemical calculations to be carried out on molecules containing heavy atoms with highly reduced computational timings.The present manuscript discusses the two branches of e ective core potential (ECP) approaches, i.e., the model potential (MP) and the pseudopotential (PP) tech-niques. The main focus is on those ECP schemes which proved to be successful in atomic and molecular relativistic electronic structure calculations during the pastWe show that the Troullier-Martins scheme for constructing scalar-relativistic pseudopotentials on a particular density functional for plane-wave calculations can be applied in Gaussian-function based LCAO codes. As an example we consider the noble metals silver and gold and derive 11-electron relativistic effective core potentials, as well …8.10 Introduction to Effective Core Potentials (ECPs) 8.11 ECP Fitting; 8.12 Built-In ECPs. 8.12.0.1 Combining ECPs; 8.12.0.2 Examples; 8.13 User-Defined ECPs; ... Defines the effective core potential and associated basis set to be used TYPE: STRING DEFAULT: No ECP OPTIONS: General, Gen User ...The Effective Core Potential Method. Ulf Wahlgren. Chapter. 884 Accesses. 3 Citations. Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry ( (LNC,volume 58)) Abstract. The …We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin–orbit (SO) terms.Abstract: The ab initio model potential method and its applications to atoms, molecules, and solids are reviewed here stressing its main characteristic of enabling a common computational strategy for effective core potential calculations in molecules and embedded cluster calculations of defects in solids and surface chemistry. As an effective core potential method it is shown to be very close ...We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms.Calculate electronic excited states using neural networks with effective core potential. The essence of atomic structure theory, quantum chemistry, and computational materials science is solving the multi-electron stationary Schrödinger equation. The Quantum Monte Carlo-based neural network wave function method has surpassed …The ground state geometries of small neutral Ag n (n=2-9) and cationic Ag n + (n=2-9) clusters have been determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock and complete active space self‐consistent field (CASSCF) procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core-valence correlation effects (CVC). Similarities and differences between topologies of ...Effective core potential integral and gradient evaluations are accelerated via implementation on graphical processing units (GPUs). Two simple formulas are …On the other hand, the basis sets that using effective core potentials (ECP) have been being used widely to date for many types of molecules, due to their advantages [8, 20, 21]. Using ECP basis sets, helps to reduce the computational cost significantly, over the all electron basis sets, by replacing complete group of the inner electrons with a ...The ground state geometries of small neutral Ag n (n=2–9) and cationic Ag n + (n=2–9) clusters have been determined in the framework of the Hartree–Fock and complete active space self‐consistent field (CASSCF) procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core–valence correlation effects (CVC). …The title compounds, [AnO2(H2O)5]n+, n = 1 or 2 and An = U, Np, and Pu, are studied using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). Three rather different relativistic methods are used, small-core effective core potentials (SC-ECP), a scalar four-component all-electron relativistic method, and the zeroeth-order regular approximation. The methods provide similar results for a variety of ...A method is described for obtaining l‐dependent relativistic effective core potentials (ECP s) from Dirac–Fock self‐consistent field atomic wave functions.These potentials are designed for use in nonrelativistic (NR) valence electron Hartree–Fock calculations on atoms and molecules.Abstract: The ab initio model potential method and its applications to atoms, molecules, and solids are reviewed here stressing its main characteristic of enabling a common computational strategy for effective core potential calculations in molecules and embedded cluster calculations of defects in solids and surface chemistry. As an effective core potential method it is shown to be very close ...Very recently, we introduced a set of correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) constructed within full many-body approaches. By employing significantly more accurate correlated approaches, we were able to reach a new level of accuracy for the resulting effective core Hamiltonians. We also strived for simplicity of …Embedding potentials Instead of 'replacing' only an atomic core by an effective one-electron operator (ECP), the complete surrounding environment of a system (in a crystal) is 'replaced' by an effective potential: the embedding potential → see presentation given by L. Seijo D. Andrae, U Bielefeld — Bonn — 2003-07-26 41A new 11-electron relativistic effective core potential (11e-RECP) for Ag atom based on correlated level of theory and the associated atomic orbital (AO) basis set have been derived which allows for an accurate determination of excited states. This has been verified by comparing the calculated excited states of the dimer with experimental data.The effective core potential (ECP) approach is one of the oldest and still one of the most frequently used methods in relativistic quantum chemistry [1, 2]. Following chemical intuition, an atom is partitioned into a core and a valence electron system. The chemically inert core of the atom is considered to be frozen. It is removedThis work integrates a powerful neural-network based model (FermiNet) with the effective core potential method, which helps to reduce the complexity of the problem by replacing inner core electrons with additional semi-local potential terms in Hamiltonian. Deep learning techniques have opened a new venue for electronic structure theory in recent years. In contrast to traditional methods, deep ...Effective core potential integral and gradient evaluations are accelerated via implementation on graphical processing units (GPUs). Two simple formulas are proposed to estimate the upper bounds of the integrals, and these are used for screening. A sorting strategy is designed to balance the workload between GPU threads properly.In this paper a complete set of effective core potentials (ECPs) and valence basis sets for the lanthanides (Ce to Lu) are derived. These ECPs are consistent not only within the lanthanide series, but also with the third‐row transition metals which bracket them. A 46‐electron core was chosen to provide the best compromise between computational …May 7, 2021 · Besides, for these heavier elements the relativistic effects become important. One way to solve both problems simultaneously is to fit an effective core potential (ECP) to describe the core electrons using relativistic calculations, reducing the computational problem by treating only the valence electrons explicitly [22, 25, 27]. Most ECP ... where ∈ v is a valence orbital energy and ∈ c are the core orbital energies. The c:s in the projection operators are the core orbitals, and F val is the usual Fock-operator defined in the valence space only. It is easily realized that the effect of this operator is to make the valence orbital and the core orbitals degenerate. The idea was to rotate the solutions corresponding to the core ...Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Relativistic Effective Core Potentials" by M. Dolg. Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Relativistic Effective Core Potentials" by M. Dolg. Skip to search form Skip to main content Skip to account menu. Semantic Scholar's Logo. Search 214,771,107 papers from all fields of science ...有效芯势（Effective Core Potential, ECP）包括赝势（Pseudopotential, PP）和模型芯势（Model Core Potential, MCP）。 量子化学计算中的PP与平面波计算中的PP并无本质差别，只不过表示为简明的解析式形式。 包括BDF在内的大部分量子化学软件都支持PP，而支持MCP的量子化学软件 ...The method is tantamount to computing an effective core potential on the fly, by efficiently subsampling the core regions with independent sidewalks. The removal of fluctuations in the core region enables also the dynamic in the valence region to be accelerated using a process with two time steps. As a function of the total number of electrons ...8 Basis Sets and Effective Core Potentials 8.10 Introduction to Effective Core Potentials (ECPs) 8.12 Built-In ECPs. 8.11 ECP Fitting. The ECP matrix elements are arguably the most difficult one-electron integrals in existence. Indeed, using current methods, the time taken to compute the ECP integrals can exceed the time taken to compute the ...Aug 28, 2020 · 8.10 Introduction to Effective Core Potentials (ECPs) The application of quantum chemical methods to elements in the lower half of the Periodic Table is more difficult than for the lighter atoms. There are two key reasons for this: •. the number of electrons in heavy atoms is large. •. relativistic effects in heavy atoms are often non-negligible. Diagram of a fluorine atom showing the extent of effective nuclear charge. (CC BY-SA 3.0; NikNaks via Wikipedia). The charge \(Z\) of the nucleus of a fluorine atom is 9, but the valence electrons are screened appreciably by the core electrons (four electrons from the 1s and 2s orbitals) and partially by the 7 electrons in the 2p orbitals.In order to study larger systems while retaining sufficient accuracy, we integrate a powerful neural-network based model (FermiNet) with the effective core potential method, which helps to reduce the complexity of the problem by replacing inner core electrons with additional semi-local potential terms in Hamiltonian.The method is tantamount to computing an effective core potential on the fly, by efficiently subsampling the core regions with independent sidewalks. The removal of fluctuations in the core region enables also the dynamic in the valence region to be accelerated using a process with two time steps. As a function of the total number of electrons ...The Effective Core Potential Method. Ulf Wahlgren. Chapter. 884 Accesses. 3 Citations. Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry ( (LNC,volume 58)) Abstract. The …有效芯势（Effective Core Potential, ECP）包括赝势（Pseudopotential, PP）和模型芯势（Model Core Potential, MCP）。 量子化学计算中的PP与平面波计算中的PP并无本质差别，只不过表示为简明的解析式形式。 包括BDF在内的大部分量子化学软件都支持PP，而支持MCP的量子化学软件 ...Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2000, M. Dolg published Effective core potential | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGateThe procedure of deriving ab initio effective core potentials (ECP) to incorporate the Coulomb and exchange effects as well as orthogonality constraints from the inner core electrons is extended to include the dominant relativistic effects on the valence orbitals. An ab initio approach is then described which enables the valence electrons in heavy atoms to be treated in a standard ...Ab initio effective core potentials (ECP's) have been generated to replace the innermost core electron for third‐row (K-Au), fourth‐row (Rb-Ag), and fifth‐row (Cs-Au) atoms. The outermost core orbitals—corresponding to the ns 2 np 6 configuration for the three rows here—are not replaced by the ECP but are treated on an equal footing with the nd, (n+1)s and (n+1)p valence ...The application of the frozen-core approximation (FCA) and effective core potentials (ECPs) within symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) has been investigated and implemented. Unlike in the case of conventional electronic-structure theories, the development of a frozen-core version of SAPT is not straightforward.Effective core potential basis sets. Hans Hellmann introduced pseudopotential or effective core potential in 1934, which is an approximation used to treat complex systems with simple description [76]. Pseudopotential explicitly treats only the chemically active valence electrons while the core electrons are ‘frozen’, being …Effective core potential (ECP) method was used to achieve reliable results for uranium. In this approach, inner-shell electrons are eliminated from the calculation and their effects on valence electrons are replaced with ECPs parameterized to fit observed atomic properties.We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms. calculation of effective core potential (ECP) integrals in quantum chemistry codes - GitHub - chrr/libECP: calculation of effective core potential (ECP) integrals in quantum chemistry codes Abstract. In calculations of heavy-atom molecules with the shape-consistent Relativistic Effective Core Potential (RECP), only valence and some outer-core shells are treated explicitly, the shapes ...A new generation of effective core potentials: selected Lanthanides and heavy elements. We construct correlation-consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for a selected set of heavy atoms and f-elements that are of significant current interest in materials and chemical applications, including Y, Zr, Nb, Rh, Ta, Re, Pt, Gd, and Tb.
The pseudopotential must be used with a compatible basis set. Gaussian supports a new effective core potential (ECP) input format (similar to that used by ExtraBasis) which is described in the Format tab. Without any options, this keyword defaults to Pseudo=Read. However, the Cards option is by far its most-used mode.. Denver to los angeles ca
ORCA can use effective core potentials (also called pseudopotentials) that can be useful for efficient calculations on molecules containing heavy elements as the chemically irrelevant core electrons are not explicitly part of the electronic problem and are replaced by a core potential function instead. Note, however, that ECPs are not the most ... The potential curve, dissociation energy, equilibrium internuclear distance, and spectroscopic constants for the ground state of the Ca2 molecule are calculated with the help of the generalized relativistic effective core potential method which allows one to exclude the inner core electrons from the calculations and to take the relativistic effects into account effectively. Extensive ...Effective core potentials represent the interactions of atomic nuclei and inner electrons with an equivalent potential energy, simplifying the solution of multi-electron systems while preserving the characteristics of the outer electrons. By employing effective core potentials, we can enhance the precision and efficiency of the neuraltive core potentials (ECP) have been being used widely to date for many types of molecules, due to their advantages [8, 20, 21]. Using ECP basis sets, helps to reduce the computational cost significantly, over the all electron basis sets, by replacing complete group of the inner electrons with a representative effective core potential [1, 22, 23].Introduction. Effective core potential (ECP) approaches are almost as old as quantum mechanics [1, 2], but it was only during the last three decades that they became one of the mostly used approximate methods in both relativistic wavefunction-based ab initio quantum chemistry as well as corresponding density functional theory (DFT) schemes. Probably the main reason for the success of ECP ...The idea of effective core potentials (ECPs) is based on the chemically intuitive restriction of the explicit calculations to the chemical important valence electrons, while the essentially inert atomic cores, i.e., the nucleus and the electrons in the inner shells, are replaced by a suitable parametrized (relatively simple) one-electron operator acting on the remaining valence electrons, i.e ...Effective core potentials (ECPs) are a useful means of replacing the core electrons in a calculation with an effective potential, thereby eliminating the need for the core basis functions, which usually require a large set of Gaussians to describe them. In addition to replacing the core, they may be used to represent relativistic effects, which ...This effective core potential includes a relativistic correction and should be used in combination with an own basis set. The other two pseudopotentials, namely that of Trail and Needs (TN) [11] and of Ovcharenko et al. (OAL) [10] lead to larger deviations which sometimes are bigger than 1 ...PDF | On Apr 25, 2010, Luis Seijo and others published The Ab Initio Model Potential Method: A Common Strategy for Effective Core Potential and Embedded Cluster Calculations | Find, read and cite ...The M08-SO was used with the basis set aug-cc-pVDZ-PP and an effective core potential (ECP) to determine the more stable structure of small gold clusters, Au n (2≤n ≤ 6). The averaged relativistic effective potential and spin-orbit operator for gold atoms are included in the effective core potential used . The populational analysis was …The ground-state electronic structures of SO 2, SeO 2, TeO 2, SH 2, SeH 2 and TeH 2 have been calculated with effective core potentials. Satisfactory agreement with experimental molecular geometries was achieved in the dioxides only after d-functions were included in the basis sets for S, Se and Te; however, these d-functions were not essential for the dihydrides.We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms.A method is developed for obtaining fully relativistic effective core potentials from numerical Dirac-Fock self-consistent-field calculations. Analytical forms for the effective core potentials are derived for Ca and T1, and the results of valence-only Dirac-Fock calculations are presented. Download to read the full chapter text.We introduce new correlation consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for the elements I, Te, Bi, Ag, Au, Pd, Ir, Mo, and W with 4d, 5d, 6s, and 6p valence spaces. These ccECPs are given as a sum of spin-orbit averaged relativistic effective potential (AREP) and effective spin-orbit (SO) terms.Sadlej's electric polarization method of Gaussian basis functions was applied to the double-zeta effective core potential basis sets of Stevens, Basch, Krauss, Jasien and Cundari to generate a new augmented polarized valence double-zeta set, named as pSBKJC, which is appropriate for the calculation of dynamic polarizabilities and Raman intensities. The pSBKJC basis set was developed for the ...Accordingly, we present in this paper a report on the capability of various ab initio effective core potential calculations in reproducing the coordination polyhedron geometries of lanthanide complexes. Starting with all combinations of HF, B3LYP and MP2(Full) with STO-3G, 3-21G, 6-31G, 6-31G* and 6-31+G basis sets for [Eu(H2O)9]3+ and closing ...In previous work we have shown that the PBE0 hybrid density functional method with the MG3 all-electron basis set is an accurate method for calculating the atomization energies of small aluminum clusters (Al 2-Al 7).However, the MG3 basis set is very expensive for molecules much larger than Al 13; therefore, we have developed a new effective core potential (ECP) method for aluminum to reduce ....