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Alex Granovsky
gran@classic.chem.msu.su

Kind regards,
Alex Granovsky

On Fri Apr 25 '14 7:10am, Siddheshwar Chopra wrote
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>Dear Alex,
>In addition to the previous questions, could you also suggest any other better basis sets for 5th row elements which would be a good trade off between speed and accuracy? Say for performing OPT+HESS calculations of MoS2 2D nanosheets.

>Regards,

>On Sat Apr 19 '14 6:32pm, Siddheshwar Chopra wrote
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>>Dear Alex,
>>Thats an important information. Thanks again. Alex could you comment on their speeds? Logically if they reduce the no. of basis functions, then they should be really fast. I want to be sure about their speeds before using them. It would be good if you could compare their speeds with the 6-31G and its variants.

>>Regards,

>>On Fri Apr 18 '14 9:10pm, Alex Granovsky wrote
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>>>Dear Siddheshwar,

>>>for second row elements ECPs are computationally inefficient as
>>>they remove only single orbital (i.e. 1s) per atom. If you use
>>>SBK, you still need to add polarization function(s) to get
>>>reasonable results. SBK basis for Li, Be, B, C, N, O, and F
>>>atoms has only two L-type (i.e. combined S and P) shells for
>>>valence electrons and thus it is (approximately) a DZV-quality
>>>basis set.

>>>Kind regards,
>>>Alex Granovsky
>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue Apr 15 '14 1:24pm, Siddheshwar Chopra wrote
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>>>>Dear All,
>>>>This is the first time I am using SBKJC ECPs for the same samples for which I used 6-31G basis sets. Could anyone point out their speed and accuracy comparisons (Firefly based)? As per Jensen's book I read that for the second row elements, SBKJC gives almost same error as that of TZP. And I have never used TZPs. I have till now worked with only 6-31G and variants.

>>>>Regards,