#! /bin/sh # Computing solvent effects, with the COSMO model, is illustrated in the HCl # example. # After a non-solvent (reference) calculation, which is omitted here, two # solvent runs are presented, with somewhat different settings for a few input # parameters. The block key Solvation controls all solvent-related input. # All subkeys in the SOLVATION block are discussed in the User's Guide. Most of # them are rather technical and should not severely affect the outcome. # Physically relevant is the specification of the solute properties, by the # SOLVENT subkey: the dielectric constant and the effective radius of the # solvent molecule. # Note that a non-electrostatic terms as a function of surface area is included # in the COSMO calculation, by setting the values for CAV0 and CAV1 in the # subkey SOLVENT of the key SOLVATION. In ADF2010 one should explicitly include # such values for CAV0 and CAV1, otherwise this non-electrostatic term will be # taken to be zero, since the defaults have changed in ADF2010. # A rather strong impact on the computation times has the method of treating the # 'C-matrix'. There are 3 options (see the User's Guide): EXACT is the most # expensive, but presumably most accurate. POTENTIAL is the cheapest alternative # and is usually quite adequate. EXACT uses the exact charge density for the # Coulomb interaction between the molecular charge distribution and the point # charges (on the Van der Waals type molecular surface) which model the effects # of the solvent. The alternatives, notably 'POTENTIAL', use the fitted charge # density instead. Assuming that the fit is a fairly accurate approximation to # the exact charge density, the difference in outcome should be marginal. $ADFBIN/adf <