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The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical ki... 2005 2026 2012 2019 24.8k
  1. The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals (2007)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
  2. Density Functionals with Broad Applicability in Chemistry (2008)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Accounts of Chemical Research
  3. A new local density functional for main-group thermochemistry, transition metal bonding, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions (2006)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar The Journal of Chemical Physics
  4. Design of Density Functionals by Combining the Method of Constraint Satisfaction with Parametrization for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions (2006)
    Yan Zhao, Nathan E. Schultz et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  5. Design of Density Functionals That Are Broadly Accurate for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Nonbonded Interactions (2005)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  6. Hybrid Meta Density Functional Theory Methods for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions:  The MPW1B95 and MPWB1K Models and Comparative Assessments for Hydrogen Bonding and van der Waals Interactions (2004)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  7. Computational Thermochemistry: Scale Factor Databases and Scale Factors for Vibrational Frequencies Obtained from Electronic Model Chemistries (2010)
    I. M. Alecu, Jingjing Zheng et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  8. Density Functional for Spectroscopy:  No Long-Range Self-Interaction Error, Good Performance for Rydberg and Charge-Transfer States, and Better Performance on Average than B3LYP for Ground States (2006)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  9. Exploring the Limit of Accuracy of the Global Hybrid Meta Density Functional for Main-Group Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions (2008)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  10. Exchange-correlation functional with broad accuracy for metallic and nonmetallic compounds, kinetics, and noncovalent interactions (2005)
    Yan Zhao, Nathan E. Schultz et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics
  11. Benchmark Databases for Nonbonded Interactions and Their Use To Test Density Functional Theory (2005)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  12. Benchmark Database of Barrier Heights for Heavy Atom Transfer, Nucleophilic Substitution, Association, and Unimolecular Reactions and Its Use to Test Theoretical Methods (2005)
    Yan Zhao, Núria González‐García et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  13. Comparative DFT Study of van der Waals Complexes:  Rare-Gas Dimers, Alkaline-Earth Dimers, Zinc Dimer, and Zinc-Rare-Gas Dimers (2006)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  14. Effectiveness of Diffuse Basis Functions for Calculating Relative Energies by Density Functional Theory (2003)
    Benjamin J. Lynch, Yan Zhao et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  15. Applications and validations of the Minnesota density functionals (2010)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Chemical Physics Letters
  16. Development and Assessment of a New Hybrid Density Functional Model for Thermochemical Kinetics (2004)
    Yan Zhao, Benjamin J. Lynch et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  17. Density Functionals for Noncovalent Interaction Energies of Biological Importance (2006)
    Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  18. The DBH24/08 Database and Its Use to Assess Electronic Structure Model Chemistries for Chemical Reaction Barrier Heights (2009)
    Jingjing Zheng, Yan Zhao et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  19. Lithiophilic-lithiophobic gradient interfacial layer for a highly stable lithium metal anode (2018)
    Huimin Zhang, Xiaobin Liao et al. Nature Communications
  20. Ru-doped 3D flower-like bimetallic phosphide with a climbing effect on overall water splitting (2020)
    Ding Chen, Ruihu Lu et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  21. Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalytic Activity of Fe–N–C Catalysts by Phosphorus Incorporation (2023)
    Yazhou Zhou, Ruihu Lu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  22. Ultrahigh Stable Methanol Oxidation Enabled by a High Hydroxyl Concentration on Pt Clusters/MXene Interfaces (2022)
    Jiexin Zhu, Lixue Xia et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  23. Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes (2022)
    Zechao Zhuang, Yihang Li et al. Nature Catalysis
  24. Ligand Modulation of Active Sites to Promote Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution (2022)
    Wenzhong Huang, Jiantao Li et al. Advanced Materials
  25. A hydrated deep eutectic electrolyte with finely-tuned solvation chemistry for high-performance zinc-ion batteries (2023)
    Ruwei Chen, Chengyi Zhang et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  26. Large‐Scale Integration of a Zinc Metasilicate Interface Layer Guiding Well‐Regulated Zn Deposition (2022)
    Ruiting Guo, Xiong Liu et al. Advanced Materials
  27. Hierarchically Porous Carbons with Highly Curved Surfaces for Hosting Single Metal FeN4 Sites as Outstanding Oxygen Reduction Catalysts (2023)
    Guangbo Chen, Ruihu Lu et al. Advanced Materials

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