In our previous work we examined DFT using all-electron basis sets, but approaches incorporating effective core potentials (ECPs) are effective in reducing computational expense. With this in mind, our efforts were expanded to include evaluation of the performance of the basis set derived to approximate such an approach as well on the same set ...Mar 22, 2018 · Effective core potential (ECP) integrals are among the most difficult one-electron integrals to calculate due to the projection operators. The radial part of these operators may include r 0, r -1, and r -2 terms. For the r 0 terms, we exploit a simple analytic expression for the fundamental projected integral to derive new recurrence relations ... Effective core potentials model the potential directly instead. See here for a discussion of effective core potentials. Share. Cite. Improve this answer. Follow edited Jan 23, 2019 at 14:37. answered Feb 4, 2012 at 15:35. Deathbreath Deathbreath. 1,042 7 7 ...A consistent set of ab initio effective core potentials (ECP) has been generated for the main group elements from Na to Bi using the procedure originally developed by Kahn. The ECP's are derived from all‐electron numerical Hartree-Fock atomic wave functions and fit to analytical representations for use in molecular calculations. For Rb to Bi the ECP's are generated from the ...The greatest computational savings are achieved when the two-component relativistic effective core potential (RECP) approximation suggested originally by Lee et al. [56] is used (e.g., see reviews ...It is shown that the use of relativistic effective core potential (RECP) for heavy atoms removes the need for the empirical scaling used previously. BEB cross-sections of Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br, I ...The effective core potential (ECP) was applied to the 60electron cores of Hg and Pb and the 28-electron core of Cd to take the relativistic contraction of the cores into account [35, 36]. The M06 ...where ∈ v is a valence orbital energy and ∈ c are the core orbital energies. The c:s in the projection operators are the core orbitals, and F val is the usual Fock-operator defined in the valence space only. It is easily realized that the effect of this operator is to make the valence orbital and the core orbitals degenerate. The idea was to rotate the solutions corresponding to the core ...The effective core potential and model potential methods were used in post-SCF calculations on HC1, HBr, Cl 2, and Br 2 in order to gain insight into the effect of insufficient representation of inner nodes in the valence orbitals of the approximate methods. The results show that while the correlation energy may be slightly overestimated (by 1-7%), both the electric moment functions and the ...This work integrates a powerful neural-network based model (FermiNet) with the effective core potential method, which helps to reduce the complexity of the problem by replacing inner core electrons with additional semi-local potential terms in Hamiltonian. Deep learning techniques have opened a new venue for electronic structure theory in recent years. In contrast to traditional methods, deep ...Effective core potential integral and gradient evaluations are accelerated via implementation on graphical processing units (GPUs). Two simple formulas are proposed to estimate the upper bounds of ...Later on they applied the idea behind construction of Sadlej's polarized triple zeta basis set to double-zeta effective core potential basis sets and showed for the Raman intensities of the simple ...What is the basis of effective core potentail (ECP) theory? Dear researchers, When, for example, LanL2DZ basis set is used for a heavy metal such as Ag (Silver), Gaussian divides its electrons to ... You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. In order to extend neural network electronic structure cal-culations to larger systems, the computation complexity has to be reduced and one helpful approach is the so-called effective core potential (ECP) method (also known as pseudopotential). See Ref. [21] for a review. Electrons in each system can be divided into core electrons and valence ...The effective core potential and model potential methods were used in post-SCF calculations on HC1, HBr, Cl 2, and Br 2 in order to gain insight into the effect of insufficient representation of inner nodes in the valence orbitals of the approximate methods. The results show that while the correlation energy may be slightly overestimated (by 1-7%), both the electric moment functions and the ...We present a set of effective core potential (ECP) basis sets for rhodium atoms which are of reasonable size for use in electronic structure calculations. In these ECP basis sets, the Los Alamos ECP is used to simulate the effect of the core electrons while an optimized set of Gaussian functions, which includes polarization and diffuse ...The ground state geometries of small neutral Ag n (n=2-9) and cationic Ag n + (n=2-9) clusters have been determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock and complete active space self‐consistent field (CASSCF) procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core-valence correlation effects (CVC). Similarities and differences between topologies of ...Abstract. A brief overview over the foundations and modern variants of the relativistic effective core potential method, i.e., energy-consistent and shape-consistent ab initio pseudopotentials as well as ab initio model potentials, is given. The energy-consistent ab initio pseudopotential approach is discussed in more detail, focussing on …The pseudopotential must be used with a compatible basis set. Gaussian supports a new effective core potential (ECP) input format (similar to that used by ExtraBasis) which is described in the Format tab. Without any options, this keyword defaults to Pseudo=Read. However, the Cards option is by far its most-used mode.Ab initio effective core potentials (ECP’s) have been generated to replace the Coulomb, exchange, and core‐orthogonality effects of the chemically inert core electron in the transition metal atoms Sc to Hg. For the second and third transition series relative ECP’s have been generated which also incorporate the mass–velocity and Darwin relativistic …The ground state geometries of small anionic Ag−n(n=2–9) clusters were determined in the framework of the Hartree–Fock procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core–valence correlation (CVC) effects. Large scale configuration interaction (CI) calculations for 5s electrons only were carried out in order to determine …For geometry optimizations, the SDD basis set with effective core potential (ECP) was chosen to describe gold and iodine and 6-31G(d) basis set was employed for all other atoms. 17 This basis set combination will be referred to as BS1. Frequency calculations were carried out at the same level of theory as those for structural optimization.tive core potentials (ECP) have been being used widely to date for many types of molecules, due to their advantages [8, 20, 21]. Using ECP basis sets, helps to reduce the computational cost significantly, over the all electron basis sets, by replacing complete group of the inner electrons with a representative effective core potential [1, 22, 23].A method is described for obtaining l‐dependent relativistic effective core potentials (ECP s) from Dirac–Fock self‐consistent field atomic wave functions.These potentials are designed for use in nonrelativistic (NR) valence electron Hartree–Fock calculations on atoms and molecules.Institute for Theoretical Chemistry. Energy-consistent Pseudopotentials of the Stuttgart/Cologne Group. Chose the data format and click an element in the periodic table to get the pseudopotential parameters and corresponding optimized valence basis sets ! Data format: Molpro Gaussian Turbomole Crystal06 and earlier versions Crystal09.Abstract: The ab initio model potential method and its applications to atoms, molecules, and solids are reviewed here stressing its main characteristic of enabling a common computational strategy for effective core potential calculations in molecules and embedded cluster calculations of defects in solids and surface chemistry. As an effective core potential method it is shown to be very close ...Ab initio effective core potentials (ECP's) have been generated to replace the Coulomb, exchange, and core‐orthogonality effects of the chemically inert core electron in the transition metal atoms Sc to Hg. For the second and third transition series relative ECP's have been generated which also incorporate the mass-velocity and Darwin relativistic effects into the potential.An effective core potential system has been developed for heavy atoms in which relativistic effects are included in the effective potentials (EP). The EP’s are based on numerical Dirac–Hartree–Fock calculations for atoms and on the Phillips–Kleinman transformation with other aspects similar to the treatments of Goddard and Melius and ...We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.The effective potentials mimic the action of the core on valence states and allow for valence-only calculations with resulting gains in efficiency. On a quantitative …By integrating effective core potentials with Ferminet, this work has achieved multiple excited state calculations with a precision comparable to experimental results, marking a significant advancement in practical applications and setting a new standard for theoretical excited state calculations. The essence of atomic structure theory, quantum chemistry, and computational materials science is ...Moreover, the DMC method can be further integrated with other powerful molecular neural networks 22,25, periodic neural network for solids 48, neural networks with effective core potential 49 ... An effective core potential is a basis function (a pseudo -orbital) that is used to “substitute” the inner (core) electrons of an atom. The pseudo-orbitals are formulated to be nodeless in the core region ( Figure 1 ). 4 It provides a relativistic effective potential for each core orbital eliminating the need for core basis functions and ... Apr 1, 1993 · In this paper a complete set of effective core potentials (ECPs) and valence basis sets for the lanthanides (Ce to Lu) are derived. These ECPs are consistent not only within the lanthanide series, but also with the third‐row transition metals which bracket them. Feb 11, 2021 · We propose a Monte Carlo method which exploits that core regions are physically independent in a molecule to almost remove their contribution to the numerical cost. The method is tantamount to computing an effective core potential on the fly, by efficiently subsampling the core regions with independent sidewalks. The removal of fluctuations in the core region enables also the dynamic in the ... A new 11-electron relativistic effective core potential (11e-RECP) for Ag atom based on correlated level of theory and the associated atomic orbital (AO) basis set have been derived which allows for an accurate determination of excited states. This has been verified by comparing the calculated excited states of the dimer with experimental …A new generation of effective core potentials: selected lanthanides and heavy elements Haihan Zhou11, ∗and Benjamin Kincaid 1, Guangming Wang , Abdulgani Annaberdiyev 2, Panchapakesan Ganesh , and Lubos Mitas11 11) Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8202, USA 2) Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division,Accordingly, we present in this paper a report on the capability of various ab initio effective core potential calculations in reproducing the coordination polyhedron geometries of lanthanide complexes. Starting with all combinations of HF, B3LYP and MP2(Full) with STO-3G, 3-21G, 6-31G, 6-31G* and 6-31+G basis sets for [Eu(H2O)9]3+ and closing ...Abstract. A brief overview over the foundations and modern variants of the relativistic effective core potential method, i.e., energy-consistent and shape-consistent ab initio pseudopotentials as well as ab initio model potentials, is given. The energy-consistent ab initio pseudopotential approach is discussed in more detail, focussing on the ...The effective potential (also known as effective potential energy) combines multiple, perhaps opposing, effects into a single potential.In its basic form, it is the sum of the 'opposing' centrifugal potential energy with the potential energy of a dynamical system.It may be used to determine the orbits of planets (both Newtonian and relativistic) and to perform semi-classical atomic ...Jan 1, 2010 · Abstract. A brief overview over the foundations and modern variants of the relativistic effective core potential method, i.e., energy-consistent and shape-consistent ab initio pseudopotentials as well as ab initio model potentials, is given. The energy-consistent ab initio pseudopotential approach is discussed in more detail, focussing on the ... The effective core potential (ECP) method is modified to include frozen orbitals in order to improve the description of the outer core-valence interactions. Applications are made to the Sc, Ni and Pd atoms and several compounds containing these.Effective core polarization potentials (CPPs) to account for the effect of core–valence correlation have been adjusted for the same elements, and two different forms of the …A new generation of effective core potentials: selected Lanthanides and heavy elements. We construct correlation-consistent effective core potentials (ccECPs) for a selected set of heavy atoms and f-elements that are of significant current interest in materials and chemical applications, including Y, Zr, Nb, Rh, Ta, Re, Pt, Gd, and Tb.Effective core potential (ECP) integrals are amongst the most difficult one-electron integrals to calculate due to the projection operators. The radial part of these operators may include r⁰, r ...Effective Core Potential - By Dolg - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Michael dolg outlines the basic ideas of the relativistic ab initio effective core potential method. The underlying approximations as well as the differences between the two commonly used versions, i.e., model potentials and pseudopotentials, are discussed.The Los Alamos double-zeta-type LANL2DZ and effective core potential (ECP) basis sets were used for the Cu and Br atoms, while the 6–311 + G(d, p) split valence basis set was used for the other ...Nov 23, 1995 · Effective core potentials have been generated for Ti and Ni using atomic density functional theory (DFT) wave functions within the local density approximation. We find that these effective potentials give good agreement between all-electron and valence-electron calculations in TiF{sub 4} and Ni(CO){sub 4} for both the local-density (S-VWN) and ... The ability to efficiently and accurately predict solid-state geometries of lanthanide coordination compounds efficiently and accurately is central for the design of new ligands capable of forming stable and highly luminescent complexes. Accordingly, we present in this paper a report on the capability of various ab initio effective core …We suggest a new contraction of the basis sets associated with the Hay-Wadt relativistic effective core potentials (RECPs) for the main group and transition metal atoms. These bases are more suitable for density functional theory investigations than the previous 'double-ζ' contractions based upon Hartree-Fock atomic results. The original Hay ...In our previous work we examined DFT using all-electron basis sets, but approaches incorporating effective core potentials (ECPs) are effective in reducing computational expense. With this in mind, our efforts were expanded to include evaluation of the performance of the basis set derived to approximate such an approach as well on the …In this paper we study the effective interactions of these systems by investigating the suitability of the Gauss-core model, to reproduce the relevant thermodynamic properties. ... Baeurle, S.A., Kroener, J. Modeling Effective Interactions of Micellar Aggregates of Ionic Surfactants with the Gauss-Core Potential. Journal of Mathematical ...The nickel, palladium, and platinum atoms and their monohydrides are investigated using effective core potentials (ECP's) recently introduced by Hay and Wadt [J. Chem. Phys. 82, 270, 299 (1985)]. The palladium and platinum ECP's include relativistic effects.It is shown that the use of relativistic effective core potential (RECP) for heavy atoms removes the need for the empirical scaling used previously. BEB cross-sections of Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br, I ...This effective core potential includes a relativistic correction and should be used in combination with an own basis set. The other two pseudopotentials, namely that of Trail and Needs (TN) [11] and of Ovcharenko et al. (OAL) [10] lead to larger deviations which sometimes are bigger than 1 ...Potential energy curves for the ground 1 Σ + g state of Xe 2, the first four states of the Xe + 2 ions, and the eight Xe* 2 excimer states corresponding to the addition of a 6sσ g Rydberg electron to these ion cores have been computed using averaged relativistic effective core potentials (AREP) and the self‐consistent field approximation for the valence electrons.where ∈ v is a valence orbital energy and ∈ c are the core orbital energies. The c:s in the projection operators are the core orbitals, and F val is the usual Fock-operator defined in the valence space only. It is easily realized that the effect of this operator is to make the valence orbital and the core orbitals degenerate. The idea was to rotate the solutions corresponding to the core ...A method is described for obtaining l‐dependent relativistic effective core potentials (ECPs) from Dirac–Fock self‐consistent field atomic wave functions. These potentials are designed for use in nonrelativistic (NR) valence electron Hartree–Fock calculations on atoms and molecules. The novel aspect of this approach involves the averaging of the separately … The effective potential (also known as effective potential energy) combines multiple, perhaps opposing, effects into a single potential. In its basic form, it is the sum of the 'opposing' centrifugal potential energy with the potential energy of a dynamical system. An ab initio configuration interaction (CI) study including the spin-orbit interaction is carried out for numerous valence and Rydberg states of the AsH radical by employing a relativistic effective core potential for the arsenic atom.Effective core potentials represent the interactions of atomic nuclei and inner electrons with an equivalent potential energy, simplifying the solution of multi-electron systems while preserving the characteristics of the outer electrons. By employing effective core potentials, we can enhance the precision and efficiency of the neuralThe effective core potential operators of the functional form first proposed by Kahn et al. 4, 5 are widely used today. The only effort in using them in a molecular calculation rests in the evaluation of their one-electron integrals which are their matrix elements with the Cartesian Gaussian functions of the basis set.The effective potential (also known as effective potential energy) combines multiple, perhaps opposing, effects into a single potential.In its basic form, it is the sum of the 'opposing' centrifugal potential energy with the potential energy of a dynamical system.It may be used to determine the orbits of planets (both Newtonian and relativistic) and to perform semi-classical atomic ...The title compounds, [AnO2(H2O)5]n+, n = 1 or 2 and An = U, Np, and Pu, are studied using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). Three rather different relativistic methods are used, small-core effective core potentials (SC-ECP), a scalar four-component all-electron relativistic method, and the zeroeth-order regular approximation. The methods provide similar results for a variety of ...A consistent set of ab initio effective core potentials (ECP) has been generated for the main group elements from Na to Bi using the procedure originally developed by Kahn. The ECP's are derived from all‐electron numerical Hartree-Fock atomic wave functions and fit to analytical representations for use in molecular calculations. For Rb to Bi the ECP's are generated from the ...Au 0 SDD. ECP bases are useful for two main reasons: reducing computational cost on systems with many metal centers, e.g. metal or metal oxide clusters or slabs. circumventing having to describe relativistic effects in deep core electrons. In metal complexes with only a few metal centers, using ECPs gives a very negligible speedup.The TMSZ basis set is used for gold atoms and the CEP-31G basis set is used for C, N and H atoms [30, 31], in which the effect of the core electrons is represented by effective core potential (ECP ...In this paper a complete set of effective core potentials (ECPs) and valence basis sets for the lanthanides (Ce to Lu) are derived. These ECPs are consistent not only within the lanthanide series, but also with the third-row transition metals which bracket them. A 46-electron core was chosen to provide the best compromise between computational savings and chemical accuracy. Thus, the 5s and 5p ...8 Basis Sets and Effective Core Potentials 8.10 Introduction to Effective Core Potentials (ECPs) 8.12 Built-In ECPs. 8.11 ECP Fitting. The ECP matrix elements are arguably the most difficult one-electron integrals in existence. Indeed, using current methods, the time taken to compute the ECP integrals can exceed the time taken to compute the ...The effective core potential operators of the functional form first proposed by Kahn et al. 4, 5 are widely used today. The only effort in using them in a molecular calculation rests in the evaluation of their one-electron integrals which are their matrix elements with the Cartesian Gaussian functions of the basis set.It is shown that the use of relativistic effective core potential (RECP) for heavy atoms removes the need for the empirical scaling used previously. BEB cross-sections of Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br, I ...The ground state geometries of small neutral Agn(n=2-9) and cationic Agn+ (n=2-9) clusters have been determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock and complete active space self‐consistent field (CASSCF) procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core-valence correlation effects (CVC). Similarities and differences between topologies of neutral ...The nickel, palladium, and platinum atoms and their monohydrides are investigated using effective core potentials (ECP’s) recently introduced by Hay and Wadt [J. Chem. Phys. 82, 270, 299 (1985)]. The palladium and platinum ECP’s include relativistic effects. Two types of ECP’s, which differ in their definition of the core region, are used in conjunction with …In our previous work we examined DFT using all-electron basis sets, but approaches incorporating effective core potentials (ECPs) are effective in reducing computational expense. With this in mind, our efforts were expanded to include evaluation of the performance of the basis set derived to approximate such an approach as well on …The SDD effective core potential basis set is not suitable for the bond length calculation for PBDEs. The results of the two methods are close to the experimental data, while the all-electron basis set is more suitable for the bond length calculation for PBDEs than the SDD effective core potential basis set. The results show that the calculated ...ORCA can use effective core potentials (also called pseudopotentials) that can be useful for efficient calculations on molecules containing heavy elements as the chemically …Effective core potentials, Potential energy surfaces, Molecular geometry, Atomic and molecular spectra, Atomic properties, Oxides, Chemical elements, Chemical compounds, Many body problems, Density-matrix. I. INTRODUCTION. In recent decades, many-body electronic structure methods have enjoyed steady progression in accuracy and efficiency; this ...Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Department Chemie Butenandtstrasse 5-13 Haus F, Raum 3.084 D-81377 München Tel.: +49 89 2180 77737 Fax.: +49 89 2180-77738 The pseudopotential is an attempt to replace the complicated effects of the motion of the core (i.e. non-valence) electrons of an atom and its nucleus with an effective potential, or pseudopotential, so that the Schrödinger equation contains a modified effective potential term instead of the Coulombic potential term for core electrons normally ... 2 Answers. Sorted by: Sure, it can be valid physically. You can use the full-electron basis set, like 6-31G*, and the ECP with associated basis set, like Lanl2dz, for …The Los Alamos double-zeta-type LANL2DZ and effective core potential (ECP) basis sets were used for the Cu and Br atoms, while the 6–311 + G(d, p) split valence basis set was used for the other ...A generalization of the shape‐consistent Relativistic Effective Core Potential (RECP) method is developed for the case of pseudospinors that may have nodes. Both valence and outermost core pseudospinors are included in the Generalized RECP generation procedure.Physical Review Link ManagerFor geometry optimizations, the SDD basis set with effective core potential (ECP) was chosen to describe gold and iodine and 6-31G(d) basis set was employed for all other atoms. 17 This basis set combination will be referred to as BS1. Frequency calculations were carried out at the same level of theory as those for structural optimization.Abstract: The ab initio model potential method and its applications to atoms, molecules, and solids are reviewed here stressing its main characteristic of enabling a common computational strategy for effective core potential calculations in molecules and embedded cluster calculations of defects in solids and surface chemistry. As an effective core potential method it is shown to be very close ...
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Efficient implementation of effective core potential integrals and gradients on graphical processing unitsEven today, in spite of the development of fast computers and new efficient methods, the complexity of molecular calculations is rapidly increasing with the number of electrons. Quantum mechanical calculations on molecules containing first- and second-row atoms are now a routine task. The third-row atoms are certainly more complicated, owing to their larger size and more complicated d-orbitals ...We propose large-core correlation-consistent (cc) pseudopotential basis sets for the heavy p-block elements Ga-Kr and In-Xe. The basis sets are of cc-pVTZ and cc-pVQZ quality, and have been optimized for use with the large-core (valence-electrons only) Stuttgart-Dresden-Bonn (SDB) relativistic pseudopotentials. Validation calculations on a variety of third-row and fourth-row diatomics ...Abstract. The relativistic effective core potential method is reviewed. The basic assumptions of the model potential and pseudopotential variants are discussed …Effective core potentials (ECPs) are widely used in electronic structure calculations of molecular and condensed systems. ECPs simplify these calculations by eliminating the core electrons, which usually do not significantly contribute to the valence electronic structure. ... having in mind potential high-pressure applications. The discrepancy ...This work integrates a powerful neural-network based model (FermiNet) with the effective core potential method, which helps to reduce the complexity of the problem by replacing inner core electrons with additional semi-local potential terms in Hamiltonian. Deep learning techniques have opened a new venue for electronic structure theory in …We propose large-core correlation-consistent (cc) pseudopotential basis sets for the heavy p-block elements Ga-Kr and In-Xe. The basis sets are of cc-pVTZ and cc-pVQZ quality, and have been optimized for use with the large-core (valence-electrons only) Stuttgart-Dresden-Bonn (SDB) relativistic pseudopotentials. Validation calculations on a variety of third-row and fourth-row diatomics ...8 Model Core Potentials in the First Decade of the XXI Century 211 where i is a core orbital and j is a valence one, is the cornerstone for the valence-core separability. Two different ways to enforce the strong orthogonality constraint led to two families of the pseudopotential methods: effective core potential(ECP) and modelcore potential(MCP).The rapid development of deep learning techniques has driven the emergence of a neural network-based variational Monte Carlo method (referred to as FermiNet), which has manifested high accuracy and strong predictive power in the electronic structure calculations of atoms, molecules as well as some periodic systems. Recently, the implementation of the effective core potential (ECP) scheme in it ...We have used effective core potential (def2-ECP) 43, 46 to treat the chemically inert gold core electrons in all our optimization and SPE calculations. Furthermore, to investigate the relativistic ...The ground state geometries of small anionic Ag − n (n=2-9) clusters were determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock procedure employing a relativistic effective core potential (RECP) accounting for core-valence correlation (CVC) effects. Large scale configuration interaction (CI) calculations for 5s electrons only were carried out in order to determine the ground state energies ...The URL has moved herePotential energy curves for the ground 1 Σ + g state of Xe 2, the first four states of the Xe + 2 ions, and the eight Xe* 2 excimer states corresponding to the addition of a 6sσ g Rydberg electron to these ion cores have been computed using averaged relativistic effective core potentials (AREP) and the self‐consistent field approximation for the …Nov 23, 1995 · Effective core potentials have been generated for Ti and Ni using atomic density functional theory (DFT) wave functions within the local density approximation. We find that these effective potentials give good agreement between all-electron and valence-electron calculations in TiF{sub 4} and Ni(CO){sub 4} for both the local-density (S-VWN) and ... DOI: 10.1016/0301-0104(86)80123-9 Corpus ID: 97620797; Accurate effective core potential for germanium. Application to the singlet-triplet splitting in GeH2 @inproceedings{Pettersson1986AccurateEC, title={Accurate effective core potential for germanium.The effective core potential (ECP) method is modified to include frozen orbitals in order to improve the description of the outer core-valence interactions. Applications are made to the Sc, Ni and Pd atoms and several compounds containing these.This is commonly accomplished by introducing effective core potentials (ECPs) or closely related pseudopotentials, that open opportunities to study systems with hundreds of valence electrons. ... the nonlocal integrals can be carried out explicitly saving thus the computational time while generating a different effective potential and ....