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Benchmarking Quantum Chemical Methods for Optical Absorption in Boron Wheels

[Image: see text] We benchmark various quantum chemical methods for calculating the optical absorption in planar boron wheel clusters. The geometries of neutral planar boron wheels B(7), B(8), and B(9) clusters are optimized at the coupled-cluster singles doubles level of theory. The optical absorpt...

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Autor principal: Shinde, Ravindra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2016
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6640779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31457148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6b00159
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Sumario:[Image: see text] We benchmark various quantum chemical methods for calculating the optical absorption in planar boron wheel clusters. The geometries of neutral planar boron wheels B(7), B(8), and B(9) clusters are optimized at the coupled-cluster singles doubles level of theory. The optical absorption spectra of these clusters are calculated using three wave-function-based methods, namely, configuration interaction singles, random phase approximation, and equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles doubles (EOM-CCSD) as well as using a time-dependent density-functional-theory-based method using various hybrid and long-range-corrected exchange and correlation functionals. There is an ample variation in the optical absorption spectra computed using different density functionals. When compared to the EOM-CCSD spectrum, an excellent agreement is provided by CAM-B3LYP functional, followed by ωB97xD functional. PBE0, B3LYP, and B3PW91 functionals agree among each other. However, their spectra are red-shifted with respect to the EOM-CCSD counterpart. On the basis of the natural transition orbital analysis, the nature of optical excitation is also discussed.