CCL:G: Re: CCL:G: بخصوص: CCL: A DFT calculation for Cd and sulfur nanoparticle

 Sent to CCL by: Robert Molt [r.molt.chemical.physics:+:gmail.com]
There is no reason to use B3LYP in the present. None. It WAS the most commonly used functional in the past. It is essential to use a DFT functional which is dispersion corrected. Check the forums; experts have stated this many times.
As a separate matter, affording DFT functionals of the cost of B3LYP or dispersion corrected style may be difficult for 600 atoms. You may need to rely on a local functional instead. 
 On 9/21/15 3:34 PM, ‫Safiya Amer‬ ‫ amersaf85(~)yahoo.com
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   Hi SinaI have been using gaussian 03 software for my calculations, but my
 system is small compared with your system. I do not know how you can create
 input file with 600 atoms, may be GaussView program is helpful for that. About
 level of theory, I copy this sentences from Density Functional Theory book by
 DAVID and JANICE:   "The most commonly used functionals in DFT calculations
 based on spatially localized basis functions are “hybrid”
 functionals that mix the exact results for the exchange part of the functional
 with approximations for the correlation part. The B3LYP functional is by far the
 most widely used of these hybrid functionals." p.27
 good luck
 Safiya Amer Graduate Studenth2feoh3^gmail.comamersaf85^yahoo.com
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 سبتمبر، 2015‏ 7:35 م
   الموضوع: CCL: A DFT calculation for
 Cd and sulfur nanoparticle
 
 Sent to CCL by: "sina  rastegar" [snrstgr535[-]gmail.com]
 Hi All,
 My system has 600 atoms including cadmium and sulfor, I am interested to do DFT
 calculation (electronic structure study) for the system.
 What kind of software is more affordable and what level of theory is the best?
 Thanks in advance,
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 has 600 atoms including cadmium and sulfor, I am interested to do DFT
 calculation (electronic structure study) for the
 system.<br></div><div dir="ltr"
 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442784914400_8291">What kind of software is more
 affordable and what level of theory is the best?<br></div><div
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