Bridging molecular dynamics and correlated wave-function methods for accurate finite-temperature properties

Abstract

We introduce the "selPT" perturbative approach, based on ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), for computing accurate finite-temperature properties by efficiently using correlated wave-function methods. We demonstrate the power of the method by computing prototypical molecular enthalpies of adsorption in zeolite (CH${}_4$ and CO${}_2$ on protonated chabazite at 300~K) using the random phase approximation. Results are in excellent agreement with experiment. The improved accuracy provided by selPT represents a crucial step towards the goal of truly quantitative AIMD prediction of experimental observables at finite temperature.

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• Efficient and accurate description of adsorption in zeolites