Webinar 60: Orbital Optimized Density Functional Theory for Electronic Excited States

January 27, 2022
Webinar 60 Representative Image

Did you miss Q-Chem's latest webinar, "Orbital Optimized Density Functional Theory for Electronic Excited States," presented by Diptarka Hait of University of California at Berkeley? You can now check out the presentation by clicking here.

Q-Chem 5.4.2 Has Been Released!

December 20, 2021
Q-Chem 5.4 logo over a cube-shaped lattice structure

Q-Chem is pleased to announce the release of Q-Chem 5.4.2! This provides many improvements to our most recent release, including some new features. A comprehensive list of improvements, resolved issues, and updates can be found in the Q-Chem 5.4 release log.

Any of our customers who have purchased Q-Chem 5.4 can upgrade to 5.4.2 for free. Upgrade your copy of Q-Chem here!

If you do not have license for Q-Chem 5.4,… Read More

Announcing the Q-Chem December Holiday Sales Promotion

December 1, 2021
Dec Sale Q-Chem Banner-Square

Happy Holidays!  During our December holiday sales event, a 10% discount will be applied to all license orders and license upgrades placed by customers directly with Q-Chem before the end of December 2021.  (Please note:  This sale does not apply to reseller sales.)

Webinar 59: Restricted Active Space CI family of methods in Q-Chem

November 24, 2021
[Webinar 59 representative image]

Did you miss our latest webinar, "Restricted Active Space CI family of methods in Q-Chem," presented by Dr. David Casanova of Donostia International Physics Center (DICP) on November 24th?  The video of this presentation has now been uploaded to our website.  Check it out here.

Call for Nominations: 2022 Nick Besley Award

November 1, 2021
Prof. Nick Besley

We are now accepting nomination submissions for the 2022 Nick Besley Award. This award recognizes excellence in the development or application of new methods for computational spectroscopy in the Q-Chem open-teamware community project. The award, which is given annually, includes a certificate and a $500 prize. It commemorates the contributions of Prof. Nick Besley, who is remembered for his multi-faceted contributions to excited-state theory and methodology, with particular emphasis on the… Read More

Call for Nominations: 2022 Michael Wormit Award

November 1, 2021
Michael Wormit

We are now accepting nomination submissions for the 2022 Michael Wormit Award. This award recognizes excellence in the development of new methods and algorithms in the area of electronic structure, and implementation within the Q-Chem open teamware community project. The award, which is given annually, includes a certificate and $500 prize. It commemorates the contributions of Dr. Michael Wormit who is remembered for his state-of-the-art developments of many-body methods, for his leadership… Read More

Announcing, Q-Chem's Annual Fall Sale

November 1, 2021
QChem Nov Sales Banner-Square

It's the best time of the year to purchase a Q-Chem license! During our November Fall sales event, a 12% discount will be applied to all license orders and license upgrades placed by customers directly with Q-Chem before the end of November 2021.  (Please note:  This sale does not apply to Reseller sales.)

Webinar 58: Geometry optimizations and AIMD simulations of molecules under pressure

October 28, 2021
Geometry optimization - AIMD Simulation of molecules

Did you miss our latest webinar, "Geometry optimizations and AIMD simulations of molecules under pressure, by Prof. Tim Neudecker (aka Tim Stauch) of University of Bremen, Germany? Now you can view it on our website here.

Webinar 57: Reduced-density-matrix-based methods in Q-Chem for strongly-correlated electrons

September 30, 2021
Polyradical character of graphene nanoribbons

Webinar 57, "Reduced-density-matrix-based methods in Q-Chem for strongly-correlated electrons," presented by Prof. Eugene DePrince of Florida State University on September 30th is now available to view on our website.  Check it out here.

Webinar 56: Evaluating Oxidation States in Challenging Organometallic Complexes: What are the Electrons Doing?

August 31, 2021
Ferrocene with localized orbitals

Did you miss our webinar, "Evaluating Oxidation States in Challenging Organometallic Complexes: What are the Electrons Doing?" presented by Prof. Martin Head-Gordon?

The recording of this presentation can now be viewed here.

Q-Chem Welcomes Two New Board Members

August 3, 2022
New Q-Chem board members Joonho Lee and Yuezhi Mao

We are delighted to welcome two new members to the Q-Chem board, Dr. Yuezhi Mao and Dr. Joonho Lee. Yuezhi and Joonho are well-known to the Q-Chem developer community for their extensive… Read More

Q-Chem 6.0 Has Been Released!

July 1, 2022
Introducing Q-Chem 6.0

Q-Chem is pleased to introduce our latest release, Q-Chem 6.0. Its improved performance means that your computational work will run more efficiently so you can be more productive.… Read More

Webinar 64: Q-Chem 6 - Dawn of the Next Generation

June 20, 2022
Webinar 62: Q-Chem 6 - Dawn of the Next Generation

Did you miss our latest webinar, "Q-Chem 6 - Dawn of the Next Generation," presented on June 16, 2022 by Prof. Martin Head-Gordon of… Read More

Annual Q-Chem Award Symposium

June 14, 2022
Q-Chem Award Symposium Webinar Invitation Image

Video presentations are now available for viewing from the two award presentations by the 2022 Wormit Award Winner, Dr. Xintian Feng and by the Read More

Q-Chem Developer Joonho Lee Appointed as Assistant Professor at Harvard University

May 25, 2022

Congratulations to Q-Chem developer Joonho Lee on his appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University! Joonho has made many… Read More