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MANUAL
for DFTBparaopt
Version 1.0

Van Quan Vuong
March 27, 2019

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Overview and Installation of DFTBparaopt
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Manual for REPOPT
3.1 Required Inputs . . . . . . . .
3.1.1 $system: . . . . . . .
3.1.2 $genetic_algorithm: .
3.2 Optional Inputs . . . . . . . .
3.2.1 $element_types: . . .
3.2.2 $repulsive_potentials:
3.2.3 $compounds: . . . . .
3.2.4 $definition_reactions: .
3.2.5 $reactions: . . . . . .
3.3 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4 Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Manual for EREPOPT
4.1 Input . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.1.1 $system: . . . . . .
4.1.2 $genetic_algorithm:
4.1.3 $element_type: . . .
4.1.4 $d3: . . . . . . . . .
4.1.5 $vorbes: . . . . . . .
4.2 Output . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Utility Tools
5.1 Convert repopt-output to skf-files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Plot Repulsive Potentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tutorials

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An Introduction to DFTB Parameterization
1.1 DFTB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Electronic Parameters . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 Repulsive Potentials . . . . . . . . . . .
1.4 Scoring Function . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5 Genetic Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . .

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Index

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Chapter 1

An Introduction to DFTB
Parameterization
1.1

DFTB

Expansion from DFT
occ

E[ρ 0 (r) + ∆ρ(r)] =
1
−
2

Z Z


0
hψ
|H
|ψ
i
E BS
i
∑ i

i
0
0
0
ρ (r )ρ (r)

|r − r0 |

dr0 dr −

Z



vxc [ρ 0 (r)]ρ 0 (r)dr

≈

1
rep
(Rab ) = E rep
Vab
∑
2 a,b



+ E xc [ρ 0 (r)] + E NN


Z Z 
δ 2 E xc [ρ(r)]
1
1
0
0
∆ρ(r )∆ρ(r)dr dr E 2nd
+
+
0 0 0
2
|r − r0 | δ ρ(r0 )δ ρ(r) ρ (r )ρ (r)

Z Z Z 

1
δ 3 E xc [ρ(r)]

+
0 (r 00 )ρ 0 (r 0 )ρ 0 (r)
ρ
00
0
6
δ ρ(r )δ ρ(r )δ ρ(r)
E 3rd


∆ρ(r00 )∆ρ(r0 )∆ρ(r)dr00 dr0 dr

(1.1)

+....
None Consistent-Charge (NCC)-DFTB
occ

E NCC−DFT B = ∑hψi |H 0 |ψi i + E rep .

(1.2)

i

Eigenvalue problem:
AO
0
− εi Sµν ) = 0.
∑ cνi (Hµν

(1.3)

ν
0 :
Hamiltonian matrix elements, Hµν

0
Hµν


1 2
0
0

 φµ − 2 ∇ +V [ρa + ρb ] φν
= ε free atom


0

3

if a 6= b
if a = b, µ = ν
if a = b, µ 6= ν.

(1.4)

Self-Consistent-Charge (SCC)-DFTB
occ

E SCC−DFT B = ∑hψi |H 0 |ψi i+E rep +
i

1
γab (Rab )∆qa ∆qb .
2∑
a,b

(1.5)

Eigenvalue problem:
AO

∑ cνi (Hµν − εi Sµν) = 0,

(1.6)

ν

Hamiltonian, Hµν :
1
0
Hµν = Hµν
+ Sµν ∑(γac + γbc )∆qc .
2
c

(1.7)

Mulliken charge, ∆q :
∆qa =

1
ni ∑ ∑(cµi cνi Sµν + cνi cµi Sν µ ) − q0a ,
2∑
µ∈a ν
i

(1.8)

∆qc depends on MO coefficients ⇒ must be solved iteratively.

1.2

Electronic Parameters
• Minimal basis set:
Pure atomic orbitals (AOs) are too diffuse
• Electron density ρ o :
ρ is more compressed in molecule

"

1
r
⇒ − ∇2 + ve f f [ρ atom ]+
2
ro
Free variables:
Minimal AO basis set ⇒ row f
Electron density ρ o ⇒ rodens
4

!2 #
φµ = εµ φµ

(1.9)

1.3

Repulsive Potentials

Repulsive Potentials E rep : sum of two-center repulsions,
E rep =

1
∑ VAB (|RA − RB |),
2 A,B

(1.10)

Where,

−a1 ∗RAB +a2 + a ,

RAB < RAB,0 ,
3
e
4
i
VAB (RAB ) = ∑i=0 aAB,n,i (RAB − RAB,n ) , RAB,n ≤ RAB < RAB,n+1 ; 4 ≤ n ≤ 6


0,
RAB,cut−o f f ≤ RAB ,

(1.11)

Free variables: RAB,n and aAB,n,i .

1.4

Scoring Function
f score =

∑

re f
DFT B
Wat,i Eat,i
− Eat,i
+

i∈equi

+

∑

∑ Wbar,i

re f
DFT B
Ebar,i
− Ebar,i

i∈bar

W f ,i

i∈equi

∑

B
Fi,DFT
+
j

∑

i∈pert

j∈3Ni

Wat,i ,Wbar,i ,W f ,i : Weight factors

Eat : Atomization energies
Ebar : Proton transfer barriers
N: Number of atoms
F: Forces

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W f ,i

∑

j∈3Ni

B
,
Fi,rej f − Fi,DFT
j

(1.12)

1.5

Genetic Algorithm
Initialize Population

Initialize confining radii for density and wave functions
Encode
Individuals

Evaluate fitness

Stop?

Fitting repulsive potentials

Yes

Evaluate scoring function

Stop?

Output results

Yes

No

No
Selection

Selection

Crossover and mutation

Crossover and mutation

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Return the
scoring function

Chapter 2

Overview and Installation of
DFTBparaopt
2.1

Overview

DFTBparaopt[2] is a package to automatically optimize electronic, repulsive, and dispersion parameters for Density-Functional based Tight-Binding (DFTB) method. The package includes two
main programs: (1) repopt for optimization of only repulsive potentials and (2) erepopt for optimization of all DFTB parameters. erepopt uses repopt for the repulsive potentials fitting. Currently, repopt is stable released version 1.0. On the other hand, erepopt is still in the betadevelopment version. In addition, the package also provide some tools to analyze or evaluate new
DFTB parameters.
Most of the codes were written in C++. The code required two libraries: galib247 and eigen3. A
part of the repulsive fitting (repopt) uses some piece of code from a semi-automatic erepfit program
originally developed by Michael Gaus.[1] This manual was prepared using same style of DFTB+
manual, making it looks similar to DFTB+ manual. ^
¨^
¨^
¨

2.2

Installation

To get the code:
git clone https://github.com/v2quan89/dftbparaopt.git

or download compressed file
wget https://github.com/v2quan89/DFTBparaopt.tar.gz

Note, both links may not work at this moment. You can send an email to v2quan89@gmail.com if
the links do not work. Then, extract DFTBparaopt.tar.gz using
tar -xzvf DFTBparaopt.tar.gz

Change to directory DFTBparaopt and type “./install.sh”. Currently, DFTBparaopt was tested for
two compilers: GNU(g++) and INTEL(icpc). For MAC OS, you need a “GNU” compiler instead
of “GNU” connecting with clang.
You can choose the compiler by setting $CXX=“g++” or $CXX=“icpc” in the “install.sh” file.
To compile “erepopt”, a MPI library is also required. The install.sh script will try to get all the

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required library and compile the code. You might have to adjust some flags in the makefile.
After the compilation, if you use bash, you can add following command to you “.bashrc” or run it
before using DFTBparaopt,
source path-to-DFTBparaopt-directory/DFTBparaopt_on.rc

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Chapter 3

Manual for REPOPT
“repopt” is a program to optimize DFTB repulsive potentials. To run the program, type:
repopt rep.inp

where repopt is program name and rep.inp is name of the input file. The input file is organized
in “block” sections. Each section begins with “$blockname:” and end with “$end:”. ‘#’ is the
comment character. Everything after ‘#’ will be skipped.

3.1

Required Inputs

The general “block” format of required sections is showed as following
$blockname:
keyword_1
...
keyword_n
$end

value_1
...
value_n

Following input block must be presented in all kind of running job.

3.1.1

$system:

Keyword
dftb_version
idecompose
ilmsfit
nreplicate

Type
string
integer
integer
integer

Range
1:7
1:4
≥1

dftb_version Executable dftb-program
idecompose Select decomposition method from EIGEN library:
1 => ldlt
2 => partialPivLu
3 => fullPivLu
4 => householderQr
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Default
dftb+
6
4
1

5 => colPivHouseholderQr
6 => fullPivHouseholderQr
7 => completeOrthogonalDecomposition
Please check the website for more information.
ilmsfit Select regression method from EIGEN library:
1 => householderQr
2 => colPivHouseholderQr
3 => fullPivHouseholderQr
4 => bdcSvd
Please check the website for more information.
nreplicate Number of the fitting will be replicated. nreplicate should be 1. Larger than 1 only
for testing purpose to measure the effect of decomposition and regression methods on the
computing time.
Example:
$system:
dftb_version
idecompose
ilmsfit
nreplicate
$end:

3.1.2

dftb+
6
4
1

$genetic_algorithm:

Keyword
ga
runtest
score_type
read_spline
popsizemax
preserved_num
destroy_num
popsizemin
ngen
pmut
pcross
grid_update

Type
bool
bool
integer
bool
integer
integer
integer
integer
integer
integer
integer
bool

Range
0|1
0|1
1|2|4
0|1
≥1
≥0
≥0
≥1
≥0
0.0:1.0
0.0:1.0
0|1

ga switch on or off genetic algorithm
runtest switch on or off testing job
score_type set scoring function to:
1 => sum of absolute deviation
2 => sum of squared deviation
10

Default
1
0
2
1
1000
100
10
2
1000
0.02
0.90
0

4 => sum of quartic deviation
read_spline how “grid” input file would be used:
0 => only read the cutoff and count the number of knots from “grid” input file
1 => use all knots in the “grid” input file as initial guess
popsizemax set the initial and maximum population size for GA.
preserved_num set the number of best individuals would be kept from “n-1” to “n” generation.
destroy_num set the number individuals be removed every generation. If greater than 0, the
population size will be reduced generation by generation.
popsizemin set the final and minimum population size for GA. popsizemin is used only if destroy_num≥1.
ngen set the number of generation for GA.
pmut set the mutation probability for GA.
pcross set the crossover probability for GA.
grid_update How “grid” input file would be updated:
0 => leave the “grid” input file untouched.
1 => the “grid” input file is updated at the end of the GA optimization using the best found
knots.
Example:
$genetic_algorithm:
ga
runtest
score_type
read_spline
popsizemax
preserved_num
destroy_num
popsizemin
ngen
pmut
pcross
grid_update
$end:

3.2

1
0
2
1
1000
100
10
2
1000
0.02
0.90
0

Optional Inputs

The general “block” format of required sections is showed as following

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$blockname:
entry_name_1
...
entry_name_n
$end

option_1_1
...
option_n_1

...
...
...

option_1_m
...
option_n_m

Following input blocks in optional, depending on the desired job.

3.2.1

$element_types:

String
element_name_1
...
element_name_n

Real(a.u.)
atomic_energy_1
...
atomic_energy_n

element_name name of fitting element, must be two lower case letters characters long. The
underscore character ‘_’ is added if element name has only one character.
atomic_energy Atomic energy in a.u. for the corresponding fitting element.
Note: if element_name is provided, atomic_energy must be provided also. atomic_energy (can
be calculated by DFT) is needed to fit atomization energy. If element_name is not listed, the
atomic_energy will be optimized. You can interpret the meaning of atomic_energy as: If atomic_energy
is provided, the absolute atomization energy will be fitted (by fitting atomization energy). If
atomic_energy is optimized (not provided), the relative atomization energy (reaction energy) will
be fitted (by optimization of the atomic energy). This methodology was proposed by Gaus et al.
in the 3ob parameterization strategy for obtaining repulsive potentials, and their optimized atomic
energies (used to generate the 3ob repulsives) were published in their supporting information.[?]
Example:
$element_types:
h_
c_
$end:

3.2.2

-0.256789
-0.456789

$repulsive_potentials:

string
name_1
...
name_n

Real(Å)
min_r
...
min_r

string
knot-vector
...
knot-vector

Real(Å)
min_step
...
min_step

integer
spline order
...
spline order

integer
smooth
...
smooth

0|1
negative?
...
negative?

name name of fitting potential
min_r limit the small knot. The small knot must larger than or equal to shortest bond length
min(Rbond ) - min_r

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knot-vector name of the file containing division points in the format (in Å):
knot_1
...
knot_n
cutoff

The number of knot will be counted from the not-vector
min_step set the smallest difference between knot
spline order the order of spline function to be used (currently only support 4th order)
smooth smoothing level of that potential
0 => constrain on potential energy
1 => constrain on the first derivative of energy
2 => constrain on the second derivative of energy
3 => constrain on the third derivative of energy
negative? and allowance the potential to be attractive or not.
0 => repulsive potential energy must be always positive 1 => repulsive potential energy can
be negative

Example:
$repulsive_potentials:
h_h_
c_h_
c_c_
$end

3.2.3

0.2
0.3
0.3

grids/hh.grdx
grids/ch.grdx
grids/cc.grdx

0.05
0.05
0.30

4
4
4

2
2
2

0
1
1

$compounds:

string
structure1
...
structuren

Real(kcal/mol)
E at
...
E at

string
eweight
...
eweight

Real
fweight
...
fweight

string
dftbinp
...
dftbinp

0|string
forceinput
...
forceinput

integer
placeholder
...
placeholder

list of filenames for geometries of the fitting molecular.
name file name for geometry, the files need to be in xyz-format
E at reference atomization energy of the molecule. The atomization energy is defined as:
E at = −E tot +

Natom

∑ Eiatom

i=1

eweight weights for energy equations
fweight weights for force equations
dftbinp input-file to run a single point energy and force calculation using the dftb
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forceinput for an equilibrium structure, should be a “0”, otherwise a reference force file can be
specified which is formatted as (in a.u.):
Ref_Force-Atom_1_X Ref_Force-Atom_1_Y Ref_Force-Atom_1_Z
...
Ref_Force-Atom_n_X Ref_Force-Atom_n_Y Ref_Force-Atom_n_Z

placeholder for developement only, must be ‘0’ for now
Example:
$compounds:
path/h2.xyz
path/ch4.xyz
path/h3cch3.xyz
path/h2_d0.1.xyz
$end

3.2.4

109.9
420.1
712.0
000.0

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1
1
0

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1
1
1

path/dftb_inp1.hsd
path/dftb_inp2.hsd
path/dftb_inp2.hsd
path/dftb_inp2.hsd

0
0
0
path/hh_d0.1.frc

0
0
0
0

$definition_reactions:

For specifying reaction equations
string
abbreviation
...
abbreviation

string
filename
...
filename

string
dftbinp
...
dftbinp

abbreviation abbrev name for a geometry
filename file name for the geometry, the files need to be in xyz-format
dftbinp input-file to run a single point energy calculation using the DFTB
Example:
$definition_reactions:
h2
ch4
h3cch3
$end

3.2.5

path/h2.xyz
path/ch4.xyz
path/h3cch3.xyz

path/dftb_inp1.hsd
path/dftb_inp2.hsd
path/dftb_inp2.hsd

$reactions:

integer
coeff
...
coeff

string
abbreviation
...
abbreviation

...
...
...

integer
coeff
...
coeff

string
abbreviation
...
abbreviation

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string
->
->
->

Real(kcal/mol)
reactionenergy
...
reactionenergy

Real
reaweight
...
reaweight

coeff reaction coefficient
if positive => reactant
if negative => product
abbreviation defined in the $definition_reactions: block
reactionenergy reaction energy
reaweight weight for reaction energy equations
Example:
$reactions:
+1
$end

3.3

h3cch3

+1

h2

-2

ch4

->

-18.33

1.0

Output

The output of a successful repopt contains:
scoring function scoring function as a function of generation
input interpreted input, a list of all distances appearing within the reference geometries sorted by
atom type pair.
technical information a list of number of fitting equation, number of free variables. . .
summary of fitting summary of the MSE, MUE, and RMS
residual in detail residuals for each equation predicted by the fitted parameters in comparison to
the reference are listed.
fitted atomic energies fitted atomic energies if they are optimized
repulsive potentials the repulsive potentials are given in a format of the “Spline” format.
If there is no error, repopt ends with a statement “repopt normal termination”. Any warnings
concerning the fit will appear after #ga end!.

3.4

Tips

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Chapter 4

Manual for EREPOPT
“erepopt” is a program to optimize all DFTB parameters simultaneously. To run the program, type:
erepopt erep.inp

where erepopt is program name and erep.inp is name of the input file. The input file is organized
in “block” sections. Each section begins with “$blockname:” and end with “$end:”. ‘#’ is the
comment character. Everything after ‘#’ will be skipped.

4.1
4.1.1

Input
$system:

Keyword
nthreads
dftbversion
skgen
onecent
twocent
gasrepfit
power
dgrid
ngrid
grids
rep.in
libdir
scratchfolder
skfclean
outfile
popinitialfile
popfinalfile

Type
integer
string
string
string
string
string
integer
Real
integer
string
string
string
string
bool
string
string
string

Range
≥1

≥2
≥ 0.0
≥1

0|1

Example:

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Default
1
dftb+
skgen
hfatom_spin
sktwocnt_lr
repopt
2
0.1
120
grids
rep4e.in
libskf4e
/dev/shm
0
gaserepfit.log
pop.initial.dat
pop.final.dat

$system:
nthreads
dftbversion
skgen
onecent
twocent
gasrepfit
power
dgrid
ngrid
grids
rep.in
libdir
scratchfolder
skfclean
outfile
popinitialfile
popfinalfile
$end

4.1.2

1
dftb+
skgen
hfatom_spin
sktwocnt_lr
repopt
2
0.1
120
grids
rep4e.in
libskf4e
/dev/shm
0
gaserepfit.log
pop.initial.dat
pop.final.dat

$genetic_algorithm:

Keyword
ga
runtest
fit_type
popsize
preserved_num
ngen
pmut
pcross
readr
restart

Type
bool
bool
integer
integer
integer
integer
integer
integer
bool
bool

Range
0|1
0|1
1|2|4
≥1
≥0
≥0
0.0:1.0
0.0:1.0
0|1
0|1

Example:
$genetic_algorithm:
ga
runtest
fit_type
popsize
preserved_num
ngen
pmut
pcross
readr
restart
$end:

1
0
0
32
3
30
0.05
0.9
1
0

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Default
1
0
2
1000
100
1000
0.02
0.90
1
1

4.1.3

$element_type:

Example:
$element_types:
H
O
N
C
$end

4.1.4

11
111
111
111

0
1
1
1

2.9
2.7
3.0
3.6

2.9
2.8
3.2
3.8

1.00
1.40
0.48
4.70

1.00
1.40
0.48
4.70

2.9
2.9
3.4
4.0

1
1
1
1

2.9
2.7
3.0
3.6

2.9
2.8
3.2
3.8

2.9
2.9
3.4
4.0

1
1
1
1

2.7 2.8 2.9
3.0 3.2 3.4
3.6 3.8 4.0

1
1
1

$d3:

Example:
$d3:
s6
s8
a1
a2
$end:

4.1.5

1.00
1.40
0.48
4.70

2
1
2
1

$vorbes:

Example:
$vorbes:
N
$end:

4.2

Output

4.3

Tips

2S

-0.83 -0.82 -0.81

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3

Chapter 5

Utility Tools
In the following section, some utility tools will be explained. These tools were originally developed
by Michael Gaus and were later modified by the author.

5.1

Convert repopt-output to skf-files

The bash-scripts rep2XabSpl and xabSpl2spl are available in the “utils” directory as well as the
C++ program ord2abSpl which is called by the xabSpl2spl script.
rep2XabSpl Usage: rep2XabSpl repout-output-file
The rep2XabSpl extracts the Spline of repulsive potentials from the output-file and writes it
in separate files. The ending of the files are XabSpl.
xabSpl2spl Usage: xabSpl2spl XabSpl-file skf-electronic-file 1
The xabSpl2spl script combines one XabSpl file with skf-electronic-file into the final skf-file.
ord2abSpl called by the xabSpl2spl
For a short description of all options run rep2XabSpl or xabSpl2spl without any arguments.
Example
# doing the rep fitting
repopt rep.in > rep.out
# extract Spline for H-H
rep2XabSpl rep.out
mv h_h_.4abSpl hh.4abSpl

# create the final skf-files
xabSpl2spl hh.4abSpl hh_elec.skf 1

Under utils folder, a script named combine.sh can do all jobs at once.

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5.2

Plot Repulsive Potentials

SplineAnsch is a script to plot repulsive potentials and its derivatives. The script requires gnuplot
and gv ghostscript interpreter.
Usage
one skf file: SplineAnsch -a rmin :rmax file1.skf
two skf file: SplineAnsch -a rmin :rmax -v file1.skf file2.skf
Note: any files in the XabSpl or spl format can be also be used. You can find all options by running
SplineAnsch without arguments.
Example
# to plot new cc.skf zoom in on a range of 2.0-5.0 (a.u.).
SplineAnsch -a 2.0:5.0 cc.skf
# to compare the new cc.skf with cc.skf from mio set.
SplineAnsch -a 2.0:5.0 -v cc_mio.spl cc.4abSpl

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Chapter 6

Tutorials
For repopt, there are two examples rep1.in and rep2.in under the examples folder. It is straight
forward to run these examples:
# cd to the examples folder and type
repopt rep1.in >& rep1.out
repopt rep2.in >& rep2.out

For erepopt, the exmamples are under construction.

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[1] Michael Gaus, Chien-Pin Chou, Henryk Witek, and Marcus Elstner. Automatized Parametrization of SCC-DFTB Repulsive Potentials: Application to Hydrocarbons. J. Phys. Chem. A,
113(43):11866–11881, 2009. 7
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