title: FDE-vdW: A van der Waals inclusive subsystem density-functional theory.
abstract: We present a formally exact van der Waals inclusive electronic structure theory, called FDE-vdW, based on the Frozen Density Embedding formulation of subsystem Density-Functional Theory. In subsystem DFT, the energy functional is composed of subsystem additive and non-additive terms. We show that an appropriate definition of the long-range correlation energy is given by the value of the non-additive correlation functional. This functional is evaluated using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem aided by a formally exact decomposition of the response functions into subsystem contributions. FDE-vdW is derived in detail and several approximate schemes are proposed, which lead to practical implementations of the method. We show that FDE-vdW is Casimir-Polder consistent, i.e., it reduces to the generalized Casimir-Polder formula for asymptotic inter-subsystems separations. Pilot calculations of binding energies of 13 weakly bound complexes singled out from the S22 set show a dramatic improvement upon semilocal subsystem DFT, provided that an appropriate exchange functional is employed. The convergence of FDE-vdW with basis set size is discussed, as well as its dependence on the choice of associated density functional approximant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
authors.forename: Ruslan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kevorkyants
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eshuis
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavanello