<div>Dear fellows, </div><div><br></div><div>I am swimming (but not diving yet) in the sea of hybrid functionals. I need to estimate bandgap corrections of a crystal made of benzene-like molecules. After some googling, I am almost at the same place, but looking to the HSE functional, and I tested the HSE and the TPSS with the example of silicon. I request a few advise, these are my dubts</div>
<div><br></div><div>1) Does the metaGGA functional TPSS improves the bandgap ?</div><div><br></div><div>2) What pseudopotential (i.e. what functional) can be used for a calculation with HSE?</div><div><br></div><div>3) What kind of pseudoptential are the CPBE*nlcc.RRKJ3 in EXX_example</div>
<div><br></div><div>4) I would appreciate a recommendation of a published benchmark on the performance of different functionals for the gap. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><br></div>
<div><br></div>Eduardo Menendez Proupin<div>Departamento de Química Fisica Aplicada<br>Facultad de Ciencias<br>Universidad Autónoma de Madrid<br>28049 Madrid, Spain<br></div><div>Phone: +34 91 497 6706</div><div><br></div>
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