In this paper, we present a short account of some recent developments of self-interaction-free density-functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) for accurate and efficient treatment of the electronic structure, and time-dependent quantum dynamics of many-electron atomic and molecular systems. The conventional DFT calculations using approximate and explicit exc...

We assess a variant of linear-response range-separated time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT), combining a long-range Hartree-Fock (HF) exchange kernel with a short-range adiabatic exchange-correlation kernel in the local-density approximation (LDA) for calculating isotropic C6 dispersion coefficients of homodimers of a number of closed-shell atoms and small molecules. This range-sepa...

The particle-particle random phase approximation (pp-RPA) has been used to investigate excitation problems in our recent paper [Y. Yang, H. van Aggelen, and W. Yang, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 224105 (2013)]. It has been shown to be capable of describing double, Rydberg, and charge transfer excitations, which are challenging for conventional time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). However, i...

Abstract Linearized augmented planewaves combined with local-orbitals (LAPW + lo) are arguably the most precise basis set to represent Kohn–Sham states. When employed within real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT), they promise ultimate precision achievable for exploring evolution of electronic excitations. In this work, we present an implementation RT-TDDFT in full-potent...

In this study, the working mechanism of first light-driven rotary molecular motors used to control an eight-base-pair DNA hairpin has been investigated. particular, linker was reported have promising photophysical properties under physiological conditions, which motivated our work at quantum mechanical level. Cis–trans isomerization is triggered by photon absorption wavelengths ranging 300 nm–4...

We expand the concept of natural transition orbitals in context real-time time-dependent density functional theory (RT-TDDFT) and show its application practical calculations. Kohn–Sham single-particle wavefunctions are propagated RT-TDDFT simulation, physical properties remain invariant under their unitary transformation. In this work, we exploit gauge freedom orbitals, which is widely used lin...

The utility of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) in predicting excitation energies is tested for the low lying excited states of F2, a system that has posed severe challenges to ab initio quantum theory. It is shown that TDDFT using B3LYP functional predicts the excitation energies in good agreement with experiment. In some cases, the agreement is better than that for the post-Ha...

The response of an extended periodic system to a homogeneous field ~of wave-vector q50) cannot be obtained from a q50 time-dependent density functional theory ~TDDFT! calculation, because the RungeGross theorem does not apply. Time-dependent current–density functional theory is needed and demonstrates that one key ingredient missing from TDDFT is the macroscopic current. In the low-frequency li...

A subspace formulation of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is proposed for large-scale calculations based on density functional perturbation theory. The formulation is implemented in conjunction with projector augmented-wave method and plane-wave basis set. A key bottleneck of conventional TDDFT method is circumvented by projecting the time-dependent Kohn-Sham eigenvalue equatio...