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{{TAGDEF|IVDW_NL|[integer]|1 for a GGA or 2 for a METAGGA}}
{{TAGDEF|IVDW_NL|[integer]|1 for a GGA or 2 for a METAGGA}}


Description: {{TAG|IVDW_NL}}=1 or 2 allows to select the type of flavor of nonlocal van der Waals functional (available as of VASP.6.4.0).
Description: {{TAG|IVDW_NL}}=1 or 2 allows to select the type nonlocal van der Waals functional (available as of VASP.6.4.0).
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For LDA and GGA functionals ({{TAG|GGA}} tag), a variant of the [[Nonlocal vdW-DF functionals|vdW-DF functional of Langreth and Lundqvist et al.]] is used, whereas for the meta-GGA functionals ({{TAG|METAGGA}} tag), the [[Nonlocal vdW-DF functionals|rVV10 functional]] is selected. See [[nonlocal vdW-DF functionals]] for more details.
{{TAG|IVDW_NL}}=1 corresponds to the functional of Dion ''et al.''{{cite|dion:prl:2004}} and {{TAG|IVDW_NL}}=2 to the rVV10 type {{cite|sabatini:prb:2013}}
   
   
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Revision as of 15:32, 14 February 2023

IVDW_NL = [integer]
Default: IVDW_NL = 1 for a GGA or 2 for a METAGGA 

Description: IVDW_NL=1 or 2 allows to select the type nonlocal van der Waals functional (available as of VASP.6.4.0).


IVDW_NL=1 corresponds to the functional of Dion et al.[1] and IVDW_NL=2 to the rVV10 type [2]

Related tags and articles

GGA, METAGGA, LUSE_VDW, Nonlocal vdW-DF functionals

Examples that use this tag