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See detailCoulomb interactions between dipolar quantum fluctuations in van der Waals bound molecules and materials
Stoehr, Martin UL; Sadhukhan, Mainak; Al-Hamdani, Yasmine S. et al

in Nature Communications (2021), 12(1), 137

Mutual Coulomb interactions between electrons lead to a plethora of interesting physical and chemical effects, especially if those interactions involve many fluctuating electrons over large spatial scales ... [more ▼]

Mutual Coulomb interactions between electrons lead to a plethora of interesting physical and chemical effects, especially if those interactions involve many fluctuating electrons over large spatial scales. Here, we identify and study in detail the Coulomb interaction between dipolar quantum fluctuations in the context of van der Waals complexes and materials. Up to now, the interaction arising from the modification of the electron density due to quantum van der Waals interactions was considered to be vanishingly small. We demonstrate that in supramolecular systems and for molecules embedded in nanostructures, such contributions can amount to up to 6 kJ/mol and can even lead to qualitative changes in the long-range van der Waals interaction. Taking into account these broad implications, we advocate for the systematic assessment of so-called Dipole-Correlated Coulomb Singles in large molecular systems and discuss their relevance for explaining several recent puzzling experimental observations of collective behavior in nanostructured materials. [less ▲]

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See detailDFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations
Hourahine, Ben; Aradi, Bálint; Blum, Volker et al

in Journal of Chemical Physics (2020), 152(12), 124101

DFTB+ is a versatile community developed open source software package offering fast and efficient methods for carrying out atomistic quantum mechanical simulations. By implementing various methods ... [more ▼]

DFTB+ is a versatile community developed open source software package offering fast and efficient methods for carrying out atomistic quantum mechanical simulations. By implementing various methods approximating density functional theory (DFT), such as the density functional based tight binding (DFTB) and the extended tight binding method, it enables simulations of large systems and long timescales with reasonable accuracy while being considerably faster for typical simulations than the respective ab initio methods. Based on the DFTB framework, it additionally offers approximated versions of various DFT extensions including hybrid functionals, time dependent formalism for treating excited systems, electron transport using non-equilibrium Green’s functions, and many more. DFTB+ can be used as a user-friendly standalone application in addition to being embedded into other software packages as a library or acting as a calculation-server accessed by socket communication. We give an overview of the recently developed capabilities of the DFTB+ code, demonstrating with a few use case examples, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the various features, and also discuss on-going developments and possible future perspectives. [less ▲]

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See detailFluctuational electrodynamics in atomic and macroscopic systems: van derWaals interactions and radiative heat transfer
Venkataram, Prashanth S.; Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL et al

in Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2020)

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See detailNonlocal electronic correlations in the cohesive properties of high-pressure hydrogen solids
Cui, Ting-Ting; Li, Jian-Chen; Gao, Wang et al

in Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2020)

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See detailvan der Waals interactions in material modelling
Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL

in Handbook of Materials Modeling: Methods: Theory and Modeling (2020)

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See detailImpact of nuclear vibrations on van der Waals and Casimir interactions at zero and finite temperature
Venkataram, Prashanth; Hermann, Jan; Vongkovit, Teerit et al

in Science Advances (2019), 5(1), 0456

Recent advances in measuring van der Waals (vdW) interactions have probed forces on molecules at nanometric separations from metal surfaces and demonstrated the importance of infrared nonlocal ... [more ▼]

Recent advances in measuring van der Waals (vdW) interactions have probed forces on molecules at nanometric separations from metal surfaces and demonstrated the importance of infrared nonlocal polarization response and temperature effects, yet predictive theories for these systems remain lacking. We present a theoretical framework for computing vdW interactions among molecular structures, accounting for geometry, short-range electronic delocalization, dissipation, and collective nuclear vibrations (phonons) at atomic scales, along with long-range electromagnetic interactions in arbitrary macroscopic environments. We primarily consider experimentally relevant low-dimensional carbon allotropes, including fullerenes, carbyne, and graphene, and find that phonons couple strongly with long-range electromagnetic fields depending on molecular dimensionality and dissipation, especially at nanometric scales, creating delocalized phonon polaritons that substantially modify infrared molecular response. These polaritons, in turn, alter vdW interaction energies between molecular and macroscopic structures, producing nonmonotonic power laws and nontrivial temperature variations at nanometric separations feasible in current experiments. [less ▲]

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See detailPhonon-Polariton Mediated Thermal Radiation and Heat Transfer among Molecules and Macroscopic Bodies: Nonlocal Electromagnetic Response at Mesoscopic Scales
Venkataram, Prashanth S.; Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL et al

in Physical Review Letters (2018), 121

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See detailvan der Waals Interactions in Material Modelling
Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL

in Handbook of Materials Modeling: Methods: Theory and Modeling (2018)

Van der Waals (vdW) interactions stem from electronic zero-point fluctuations and are often critical for the correct description of structure, stability, and response properties of molecules and materials ... [more ▼]

Van der Waals (vdW) interactions stem from electronic zero-point fluctuations and are often critical for the correct description of structure, stability, and response properties of molecules and materials, including biomolecules, nanomaterials, and material interfaces. Here, we give a conceptual as well as mathematical overview of the current state of modeling vdW interactions,focusing in particular on the consequences of different approximations for practical applications. We present a systematic classification of approximate first-principles models based on the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation theorem, namely the nonlocal density functionals, interatomic methods, and methods based on the random-phase approximation. The applicability of these methods to different types of materials and material properties is discussed in connection with availability of theoretical and experimental benchmarks. We conclude with a roadmap of the open problems that remain to be solved to construct a universal, efficient, and accurate vdW model for realistic material modeling. [less ▲]

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See detailFirst-Principles Models for van der Waals Interactions in Molecules and Materials: Concepts, Theory, and Applications
Hermann, Jan; DiStasio Jr.; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL

in Chemical Reviews (2017), 117

Noncovalent van der Waals (vdW) or dispersion forces are ubiquitous in nature and influence the structure, stability, dynamics, and function of molecules and materials throughout chemistry, biology ... [more ▼]

Noncovalent van der Waals (vdW) or dispersion forces are ubiquitous in nature and influence the structure, stability, dynamics, and function of molecules and materials throughout chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science. These forces are quantum mechanical in origin and arise from electrostatic interactions between fluctuations in the electronic charge density. Here, we explore the conceptual and mathematical ingredients required for an exact treatment of vdW interactions, and present a systematic and unified framework for classifying the current first-principles vdW methods based on the adiabatic-connection fluctuation−dissipation (ACFD) theorem (namely the Rutgers−Chalmers vdW-DF, Vydrov−Van Voorhis (VV), exchange-hole dipole moment (XDM), Tkatchenko−Scheffler (TS), many-body dispersion (MBD), and random-phase approximation (RPA) approaches). Particular attention is paid to the intriguing nature of many-body vdW interactions, whose fundamental relevance has recently been highlighted in several landmark experiments. The performance of these models in predicting binding energetics as well as structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties is connected with the theoretical concepts and provides a numerical summary of the state-of-the-art in the field. We conclude with a roadmap of the conceptual, methodological, practical, and numerical challenges that remain in obtaining a universally applicable and truly predictive vdW method for realistic molecular systems and materials. [less ▲]

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See detailUnifying Microscopic and Continuum Treatments of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions
Venkataram, Prashanth S.; Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL et al

in Physical Review Letters (2017), 118(1), 266802

We present an approach for computing long-range van der Waals (vdW) interactions between complex molecular systems and arbitrarily shaped macroscopic bodies, melding atomistic treatments of electronic ... [more ▼]

We present an approach for computing long-range van der Waals (vdW) interactions between complex molecular systems and arbitrarily shaped macroscopic bodies, melding atomistic treatments of electronic fluctuations based on density functional theory in the former with continuum descriptions of strongly shape dependent electromagnetic fields in the latter, thus capturing many-body and multiple scattering effects to all orders. Such a theory is especially important when considering vdW interactions at mesoscopic scales, i.e., between molecules and structured surfaces with features on the scale of molecular sizes, in which case the finite sizes, complex shapes, and resulting nonlocal electronic excitations of molecules are strongly influenced by electromagnetic retardation and wave effects that depend crucially on the shapes of surrounding macroscopic bodies. We show that these effects together can modify vdW interaction energies and forces, as well as molecular shapes deformed by vdW interactions, by orders of magnitude compared to previous treatments based on Casimir-Polder, nonretarded, or pairwise approximations, which are valid only at macroscopically large or atomic-scale separations or in dilute insulating media, respectively. [less ▲]

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See detailNanoscale $\uppi$\textendash$\uppi$ stacked molecules are bound by collective charge fluctuations
Hermann, Jan; Alfè, Dario; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL

in Nature Communications (2017), 8

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See detailTuning Intermolecular Interactions with Nanostructured Environments
Chattopadhyaya, Mausumi; Hermann, Jan; Poltavsky, Igor et al

in Chemistry of Materials (2016), ASAP

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See detailCommunication: Many-body stabilization of non-covalent interactions: Structure, stability, and mechanics of Ag3Co(CN)6 framework
Liu, Xiaofei; Hermann, Jan; Tkatchenko, Alexandre UL

in Journal of Chemical Physics (2016), 145(24), 241101

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