Explore Q-Chem Features
Q-Chem is a robust software platform with an extensive set of features. Whether you want to study spin-orbit coupling effects in a single-molecule magnet, run high-throughput calculations on small organic molecules, study an enzyme using QM/MM, or something entirely different, our software package offers a wide range of solutions for a variety of applications. Check out our available features and see how Q-Chem can help you achieve your research goals!
With over 170 contributions from 30+ developers, Q-Chem 5.4 has many exciting new features, including:
- New spectroscopy modeling capabilities, including vibronic, resonance Raman, absorption, Auger, X-ray, and ECD spectroscopy;
- New property calculations at the ADC level of theory;
- Computation of spin-orbit couplings with the RAS-CI and RAS-SF methods;
- Updates to our built-in basis set library.
The Q-Chem 5.4 release log contains a complete list of new features and improvements. QMP subscribers can upgrade today at no additional charge. Try Q-Chem by installing a free Q-Chem demo.
Q-Chem supports LDA, GGA, and meta-GGA functionals, as well as hybrid, range-separated hybrid, and double hybrid versions of both GGAs and meta-GGAs. Single-point energies, geometry optimizations, vibrational frequency calculations, and many other properties can be evaluated for ground states, and for excited states via time-dependent DFT.
Q-Chem offers state-of-the-art tools for treating electron correlation effects, such as Møller-Plesset perturbation theory and coupled-cluster theory. For systems with strong correlation, Q-Chem offers specialty treatments including CASSCF, coupled-cluster valence bond theory, selected CI, RAS-CI, spin-flip, and variational 2-RDM methods.
Q-Chem provides a diverse set of methods for studying electronically excited states: CIS, TD-DFT, NOCI, EOM-CC, and ADC. Specialty flavors of these methods cover many types of electronic structure, making it possible to simulate spectroscopic features, charge and energy transfer, and non-adiabatic dynamics. Additionally, our wavefunction analysis module can be used to provide further insight into excited states.
The Q-Chem package offers a variety of solutions for modeling solvated systems, ranging from implicit solvent models, such as SM8, COSMO, and C-PCM, to the effective fragment potential method, which can be used to capture explicit solvent effects. Additionally, Q-Chem includes several different embedding approaches, including QM/MM and density embedding, as well as interfaces to CHARMM and GROMACS.
Q-Chem offers a variety of tools for modeling different types of spectra. Our capabilities include IR and Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and nonlinear spectroscopy (such as two-photon absorption). Spectroscopic features can be studied using many different levels of theory, ranging from TDDFT to EOM-CC and ADC methods.
Energy decomposition analysis based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals provides a breakdown of the total interaction energy into meaningful physical terms, providing insights into the nature of intermolecular and bonded interactions. Symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (SAPT) and an extended many-body version thereof (XSAPT) are also available for computing and analyzing intermolecular interactions.
Q-Chem provides methods for geometry optimization, potential energy surface scans, transition state searches, and intrinsic reaction coordinate following, making it ideal for studies of chemical reactivity, thermochemistry, and chemical kinetics.
Q-Chem can perform ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), including both NVE and NVT thermal samplings, as well as quasi-classical molecular dynamics (QMD). These approaches can be used to produce vibrational spectra and ab initio path integrals. We also include an implementation of Tully's fewest-switches surface hopping (FSSH) approach to effectively handle non-adiabatic systems.