Hi,

I don't see a problem, I think you misinterpret what the numbers should be?
The values are the sum of atomic vdW radii. Please see discussion in Grimme
paper ~ Eq. 12. So it looks correct, no?

Thanks.

/ Nick

Den fre. 15. dec. 2023 kl. 22.00 skrev Reza Behjatmanesh-Ardakani <
[email protected]>:

> Hi
> I used "Grimme" code in the "Utils" directory to see the Grimme
> parameters.  I got the following results for a molecule on TiO2:
>
> =================
> MM.UnitsDistance Ang  # what this program prints out DO NOT CHANGE
> MM.UnitsEnergy    eV  # what this program prints out DO NOT CHANGE
> MM.Grimme.S6     0.75 # Grimme-paper for PBE (correct for your functional)
> MM.Grimme.D     20.   # Grimme-paper (correct for your functional)
> %block MM.Potentials
> *  1   1 Grimme    111.94      3.124 # Ti, 10.1002/jcc.20495*
>   1   2 Grimme     28.50      2.904 # Ti / O
>   1   3 Grimme     45.06      3.014 # Ti / C
>   1   4 Grimme     76.69      3.201 # Ti / Cl
>   1   5 Grimme     12.74      2.563 # Ti / H
> *  2   2 Grimme      7.26      2.684 # O, 10.1002/jcc.20495*
>   2   3 Grimme     11.47      2.794 # O / C
>   2   4 Grimme     19.53      2.981 # O / Cl
>   2   5 Grimme      3.24      2.343 # O / H
>   3   3 Grimme     18.14      2.904 # C, 10.1002/jcc.20495
>   3   4 Grimme     30.87      3.091 # C / Cl
>   3   5 Grimme      5.13      2.453 # C / H
>   4   4 Grimme     52.55      3.278 # Cl, 10.1002/jcc.20495
>   4   5 Grimme      8.73      2.640 # Cl / H
>   5   5 Grimme      1.45      2.002 # H, 10.1002/jcc.20495
> %endblock MM.Potentials
> ==============================
>
> I checked the reference of  DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20495 for O and Ti atoms.
>
> I found that the R0 for the O atom is 1.324 A in the paper, but the above
> code shows 2.684 A.
> For the Ti atom, the paper shows 1.562 A, while the code shows 3.124 A.
> I supposed that these R0 data are in Bohr, and convert them to Angstrom:
> for O: 1.42 A
> for Ti: 1.65 A
> which again both are incorrect.
>
> Please correct the Grimme code in Utils.
>
> Thanks
>
> With the Best Regards
> *Reza *
>
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