ALPHA_VDW

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ALPHA_VDW = [real] 

Default: ALPHA_VDW = 0.94950 for IVDW_NL=3 or
= 0.28248 for IVDW_NL=4

Description: Specify in vdW-DF3-opt1/vdW-DF3-opt2.


The ALPHA_VDW tag allows to specify the value of the parameter in the kernel of the vdW-DF3-opt1/vdW-DF3-opt2 nonlocal van der Waals functionals.[1]

Related tags and articles

GAMMA_VDW, PARAM1, PARAM2, Nonlocal vdW-DF functionals

Examples that use this tag

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