Hi Alexander,

What would be the fix you have for the systems containing H atoms?

Marcos



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Sungjong Woo
> Thank you Alexander. I'll try the Bader method.
>
> -- Sungjong
>
> Oleksandr Voznyy wrote:
>> Hi Sungjong,
>> yes, Mulliken populations are very basis-dependent and (ideally) should
>> not be used at all for the analysis of charge transfer.
>> Some fast results could be gained with Andrei Postnikov's sphere charge
>> integration, but again this one is very radius dependent.
>> More reliable values could be obtained using Bader analysis
>> http://theory.cm.utexas.edu/bader/
>> http://theory.cm.utexas.edu/forum/viewforum.php?f=1
>> Although, there are problems with calculating Bader populations for
>> pseudopotential calculations and some fixes are needed for SIESTA to
>> work with it. I have some code for SIESTA to do it. But for H-containing
>> compounds the fix is very artificial.
>> Sincerely,
>> Alexander.
>>
>


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