# VDW_POTENTIAL

References: Grimme2006, Tran2013

This section combines all possible additional dispersion corrections to the normal XC functionals. This can be more functionals or simple empirical pair potentials. [Edit on GitHub]

Subsections

- NON_LOCAL
- PAIR_POTENTIAL

## Keywords

- POTENTIAL_TYPE

## Keyword descriptions

POTENTIAL_TYPE: enum = NONE

  Aliases: DISPERSION_FUNCTIONAL

  Usage: POTENTIAL_TYPE (NONE|PAIR_POTENTIAL|NON_LOCAL)

  Valid values:

  - `NONE` No dispersion/van der Waals functional

  - `PAIR_POTENTIAL` Pair potential van der Waals density functional

  - `NON_LOCAL` Nonlocal van der Waals density functional

  Type of dispersion/vdW functional or potential to use [Edit on GitHub]