CPMD

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  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for first-principles molecular dynamics simulation based on pseudo-potential and plane-wave basis set. This application enables accurate molecular dynamics by density functional theory and Car-Parrinello method. It also supports structure optimization, Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics, path-integral molecular dynamics, calculation of response functions, the QM/MM method, and excited-state calculation.

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GAMESS-UK

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  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An application for ab initio quantum chemical calculation. This application performs electronic structure calculation of molecules by the Hartree-Fock, density functional, many-body perturbation, configuration interaction theories, and so on. This application is free only for academic use in United Kingdom. Although it histrically shares core programs with GAMESS-US, different functions have been added in later development.

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GAMESS-US

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for ab initio quantum chemical calculation. This application performs electronic structure calculation of molecules by the Hartree-Fock, density functional, many-body perturbation, configuration interaction theories, and so on. Even though this application is freeware, it succeeds in maintaining high-quality and high-performance codes by active development, and has a number of world-wide users. It histrically shares core programs with GAMESS-UK.

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NTChem

  • Level of openness 1 ★☆☆
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An application for molecular science simulation. This application covers not only traditional simulation methods implemented in existing applications but also a number of novel methods for quantum chemical calculation. It can perform ab-initio electronic state calculation for a few thousands atoms/molecules as well as trace calculation of transition states in chemical reaction for a few hundreds atoms/molecules. It can also perform high-efficient massively parallel computing on large-scale parallel computers such as the K-computer.

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Siesta

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

An open-source application for first-principles calculation utilizing pseudo-potentials and atom-localized basis sets. This application is capable of performing electronic structure calculations, structural relaxation, and molecular dynamics in a wide range of systems based on density functional theory. By adopting atom-localized basis sets, it realizes high-speed electronic calculation and linear-scaling in suitable computer systems. It can also perform electronic conductance calculations based on non-equilibrium Green’s function method.

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MateriApps Installer

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

A collection of shell scripts for installing open-source applications and tools for computational materials science to macOS, Linux PC, cluster workstations, and major supercomputer systems in Japan. Major applications are preinstalled to the nation-wide joint-use supercomputer system at Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo by using MateriApps Installer.

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Molpro

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  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Payware for first-principles quantum chemical calculation. This application performs molecular orbital calculation based on Hartree-Fock approximation, density functional method, and post-HF methods such as MP, f12, multi-configuration SCF, and coupled cluster method. It also implements calculation by path-integral instanton, quantum Monte Carlo, and density-matrix renormalization group method.

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Parsec

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Parsec is a DFT program package based on real space basis and norm-conserving pseudopotential.

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SALMON

  • Level of openness 3 ★★★
  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Photo-excited electron dynamics simulator based on time-dependent density functional theory using real-time, real-space grids. It can perform calculations of linear photo-response and nonlinear photo-response to pulse radiation in a variety of systems including isolated systems, periodic systems, interfaces/surfaces, etc. It can perform massively parallel calculations in systems consisting of thousands of atoms, and it can also perform multiscale simulation of electron-electromagnetic field-coupled dynamics.

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Jaguar

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  • Document quality 2 ★★☆

Payware for ab initio quantum chemical calculation. This application performs high-speed quantum chemical calculation based on the density functional, Hartree-Fock theory, and MP2 theories. It can perform structure optimization, spectrum analysis, evaluation of acid dissociation constants, and so on. It can treat excited states by using TDDFT and CIS. Maestro, an application for visualization produced by the same developer, provides a useful interface for Jaguar.

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