Some Choices Are Better Than Others in Studying the Universal Solvent
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 07:56
in Physics & Chemistry
By mixing and matching choices from a buffet of 30 to 70 options, scientists are modeling water's behavior in surface and subsurface reactions and in heterogeneous atmospheric processes such as the formation of clouds. But, how accurate are the models built with this approach, known as density functional theory (DFT)?