PARAMETER

Information on and where to find xTB parameters [Edit on GitHub]

Keywords

• CN_CONSTANTS

• COORDINATION_CUTOFF

• COULOMB_CONSTANTS

• COULOMB_SR_CUT

• COULOMB_SR_EPS

• D3BJ_PARAM

• D3BJ_SCALING

• DISPERSION_PARAMETER_FILE

• DISPERSION_RADIUS

• EN_CONSTANT

• HALOGEN_BINDING

• HUCKEL_CONSTANTS

• KAB_PARAM

• PARAM_FILE_NAME

• PARAM_FILE_PATH

• XB_RADIUS

Keyword descriptions

CN_CONSTANTS: real[3] = 6.00000000E-003 -3.00000000E-003 -5.00000000E-003

Usage: CN_CONSTANTS 0.006 -0.003 -0.005

Scaling parameters for Coordination number correction term. [Edit on GitHub]

COORDINATION_CUTOFF: real = 1.00000000E-006

Usage: COORDINATION_CUTOFF

Define cutoff for coordination number calculation [Edit on GitHub]

COULOMB_CONSTANTS: real[2] = 2.00000000E+000 1.50000000E+000

Usage: COULOMB_CONSTANTS 2.00 1.50

Scaling parameters for Coulomb interactions (electrons, nuclei). [Edit on GitHub]

COULOMB_SR_CUT: real = 2.00000000E+001

Usage: COULOMB_SR_CUT 20.0

Maximum range of short range part of Coulomb interaction. [Edit on GitHub]

COULOMB_SR_EPS: real = 1.00000000E-003

Usage: COULOMB_SR_EPS 1.E-3

Cutoff for short range part of Coulomb interaction. [Edit on GitHub]

D3BJ_PARAM: real[2] = 6.30000000E-001 5.00000000E+000

Usage: D3BJ_PARAM 0.63 5.0

Becke-Johnson parameters (a1, a2 for the D3 dispersion method. [Edit on GitHub]

D3BJ_SCALING: real[2] = 1.00000000E+000 2.40000000E+000

Usage: D3BJ_SCALING 1.0 2.4

Scaling parameters (s6,s8) for the D3 dispersion method. [Edit on GitHub]

DISPERSION_PARAMETER_FILE: string = dftd3.dat

Usage: DISPERSION_PARAMETER_FILE filename

Specify file that contains the atomic dispersion parameters for the D3 method [Edit on GitHub]

DISPERSION_RADIUS: real = 1.50000000E+001

Usage: DISPERSION_RADIUS

Define radius of dispersion interaction [Edit on GitHub]

EN_CONSTANT: real = -7.00000000E-003

Usage: EN_CONSTANT -0.007

Scaling parameters for electronegativity correction term. [Edit on GitHub]

HALOGEN_BINDING: real[2] = 1.30000000E+000 4.40000000E-001

Usage: HALOGEN_BINDING 1.30 0.44

Scaling parameters for electronegativity correction term. [Edit on GitHub]

HUCKEL_CONSTANTS: real[5] = 1.85000000E+000 2.25000000E+000 2.00000000E+000 2.08000000E+000 2.85000000E+000

Usage: HUCKEL_CONSTANTS 1.85 2.25 2.00 2.08 2.85

Huckel parameters (s, p, d, sp, 2sH). [Edit on GitHub]

KAB_PARAM: string

Keyword can be repeated.

Usage: KAB_PARAM kind1 kind2 value

Specifies the specific Kab value for types A and B. [Edit on GitHub]

PARAM_FILE_NAME: string = xTB_parameters

Usage: PARAM_FILE_NAME filename

Mentions: ⭐eXtended Tight Binding

Specify file that contains all xTB default parameters. [Edit on GitHub]

PARAM_FILE_PATH: string

Usage: PARAM_FILE_PATH pathname

Mentions: ⭐eXtended Tight Binding

Specify the directory with the xTB parameter file. [Edit on GitHub]

XB_RADIUS: real = 2.00000000E+001

Usage: XB_RADIUS 20.0

Specifies the radius [Bohr] of the XB pair interaction in xTB. [Edit on GitHub]