An effective scheme for selecting basis sets for ab initio calculations
An effective scheme for selecting economical basis sets for ab initio calculations has been proposed for wide-range systems based on the analysis of different functions in the currently used basis sets. Accordingly, the selection of the basis sets should be made according to the different properties and real chemical surrounding of the atoms in the systems. For normal systems, the size and level of the basis sets used for the descriptions of the constituent atoms should be increased from left to right according to the position of the atom in the periodic table. Moreover, the more the atom is negatively charged, the more the basis functions and suitable polarization functions and diffuse functions should be utilized. Whereas, for the positively charged atoms, the size of basis set may be reduced. It is not necessary to use the polarization and diffuse functions for the covalently saturated atoms with normal valence states. However, for the system involving hydrogen-bonding, weak interactions, functional groups, metallic bonding with zero valence or low positive valence, and other sensitive interactions, the polarization and diffuse functions must be used. With this scheme, reliable calculation results may be obtained with suitable basis sets and smaller computational capability. By detailed analysis of a series of systems, it has been demonstrated that this scheme is very practical and effective. This scheme may be used in Hartree-Fock, M?ller-Plesset and density functional theoretical calculations. It is expected that the scheme would find important applications in the extensive calculations of large systems in chemistry, materials science, and life and biological sciences.
作 者： ZHANG Ruiqin HUANG Jianhua BU Yuxiang HAN Keli LEE Shuit-Tong HE Guozhong 作者单位： ZHANG Ruiqin,LEE Shuit-Tong(Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films COSDAF & Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)HUANG Jianhua,HAN Keli,HE Guozhong(State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China)
BU Yuxiang(Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films COSDAF & Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Present correspondence address: Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China)
刊 名： 中国科学B辑（英文版） EI SCI 英文刊名： SCIENCE IN CHINA (SERIES B) 年，卷(期)： 2000 43(4) 分类号： O6 关键词： ab initio calculation basis sets population analysis polarization function diffuse function