Single reference ab initio methods and density functional theory were utilized to study a series of small compounds containing rare earth species.  Ground and excited state potential energy curves were computed.  Challenges related to the near degeneracy of the Ln 4f and 5d orbitals and their impact on calculated energetic properties are discussed.

Single reference methods and rare earth compounds

247th National Meeting (2014)

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