We introduce new and robust decompositions of mean-field Hartree–Fock and Kohn–Sham density functional theory relying on the use of localized molecular orbitals and physically sound charge population protocols. The new lossless property decompositions, which allow for partitioning one-electron reduced density matrices into either bond-wise or atomic contributions, are compared to alternatives from the literature with regard to both molecular energies and dipole moments. Besides commenting on possible applications as an interpretative tool in the rationalization of certain electronic phenomena, we demonstrate how decomposed mean-field theory makes it possible to expose and amplify compositional features in the context of machine-learned quantum chemistry. This is made possible by improving upon the granularity of the underlying data. On the basis of our preliminary proof-of-concept results, we conjecture that many of the structure–property inferences in existence today may be further refined by efficiently leveraging an increase in dataset complexity and richness.
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7 December 2020
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December 03 2020
Mean-field density matrix decompositions
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2020 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection
Janus J. Eriksen
Janus J. Eriksen
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School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: janus.eriksen@bristol.ac.uk
Note: This paper is part of the JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection.
J. Chem. Phys. 153, 214109 (2020)
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Received:
September 24 2020
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November 10 2020
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Janus J. Eriksen; Mean-field density matrix decompositions. J. Chem. Phys. 7 December 2020; 153 (21): 214109. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0030764
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