System

periodicity

basis set

conditions

       

Be

atom

Dunning (9/5)

AE

Ca

atom

Dunning (9/5)

AE, open shell

CO

molecule

STO-3G

AE

CH4

molecule

STO-3G

AE

urea

molecule

6-21G*

AE

LiF

molecule

Li: 6-1G*; F: 7-311G

AE

SN

polymer

STO-3G*

AE

Li

polymer

3-1G*

AE, open shell.

Al2O3

slab

6-21G*

AE

LiF

slab

Li: 6-1G*; F: 7-311G

AE

Si

crystal

STO-2G

AE

Si

crystal

6-21G*

AE

Si

crystal

ECP-21G

ECP

MgO

crystal

Mg: 8-61G; O: 8-51G

AE

Be

crystal

6-11G

AE

NaF

crystal

Na: 8-511G; F: 7-311G

AE

NaCl

crystal

Na: 8-511G; Cl: 86-311G

AE

NiO

crystal

Ni: ECP-41(d)-21G; O: ECP-3-1G

ECP open shell

       

 

Table 1 - Test systems for the calibration of the internal computational parameters (AE = ‘all-electron basis set’, ECP = ‘effective core pseudopotential’)