Automatized Parameterization of DFTB Using Particle Swarm Optimization

作者:Chou Chien Pin; Nishimura Yoshifumi; Fan Chin Chai; Mazur Grzegorz; Irle Stephan; Witek Henryk A*
来源:Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2016, 12(1): 53-64.
DOI:10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00673

摘要

We present a novel density-functional tight-binding (DFTB) parametrization toolkit developed to optimize the parameters of various DFTB models in a fully automatized fashion. The main features of the algorithm, based on the particle swarm optimization technique, are discussed, and a number of initial pilot applications of the developed methodology to molecular and solid systems are presented.

  • 出版日期2016-1