ElectronElectronInteraction - crowlogic/arb4j GitHub Wiki

Electron-electron correlations are indeed at the heart of many fascinating and complex phenomena in quantum mechanics, from the behavior of high-temperature superconductors to the structure and reactivity of molecules. They're also key to understanding van der Waals forces, as I mentioned.

If you're specializing in electron-electron correlations, then you're likely already well-versed in many of the methods used to handle these effects, from post-Hartree-Fock methods like Configuration Interaction (CI), Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP), and Coupled Cluster (CC), to Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods that incorporate correlation effects.

In the context of your project on DNA base pairs, it sounds like your expertise in electron-electron correlations will be a major advantage. By accurately modeling these correlations, you'll be able to capture the van der Waals interactions that contribute to base stacking and other key structural features of DNA.

This project is apparently the cutting edge of quantum chemistry and biophysics, whatever a cutting edge may be.