Specifying the "steepness" parameters in DFT-D3 damping function

[Linc]

Dear CP2K developers/users,

It has appeared to me that it is NOT possible to specify explicitly desired values for the "steepness" parameters in the damping function of Grimme's D3 dispersion correction. This is understandable, since these parameters are kept the same for most (if not all) of the DFT functionals. However, the ability in setting up these "steepness" parameters might bring benefits to the user. For example, a recent paper [J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2012, 8 (1), pp 141–151] on augmenting semiempirical methods with dispersion corrections reported optimized D3 scaling and "steepness" parameters to be used with several semiempirical methods (such as PM6, SCC-DFTB, etc.).

I am not sure if there is already a way of defining the "steepness" parameters somewhere, but I stupidly ignored it; or the developers would kindly consider introducing this functionality into the code.

Many thanks,

Linc

[hut...@chem.uzh.ch]

Hi

the DFT-D3 damping function depends on an exponent (alpha_6),
a screening parameter (sr6) and a reference length (R0AB).
Currently, you can change sr6 from input, but not alpha_6 and
R0AB.
What quantity do you like to adjust exactly?

regards

Juerg

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