Local response dispersion method in periodic systems: Implementation and assessment

We report the implementation of the local response dispersion (LRD) method in an electronic structure program package aimed at periodic systems and an assessment combined with the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) functional and its revised version (revPBE). The real‐space numerical integration was implemented and performed exploiting the electron distribution given by the plane‐wave basis set. The dispersion‐corrected density functionals revPBE+LRD was found to be suitable for reproducing energetics, structures, and electron distributions in simple substances, molecular crystals, and physical adsorptions. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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