VeloxChem
VeloxChem is a Python-based open source quantum chemistry software developed for computing molecular properties and a variety of spectroscopies from response theory.
Install / Use
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VeloxChem: A Python‐driven density‐functional theory program for spectroscopy simulations in high‐performance computing environments.
Documentation
https://veloxchem.org/
License
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VeloxChem: an electronic structure code
Copyright 2018-2025 VeloxChem developers
VeloxChem is primarily licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License (see
<LICENSE>_).
The copyright notices for third-party code used in this project are included in
the respective files. See <LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY>_ for details.
Citation
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The journal article references describing VeloxChem are:
Rinkevicius, Z.; Li, X.; Vahtras, O.; Ahmadzadeh, K.; Brand, M.; Ringholm, M.; List, N. H.; Scheurer, M.; Scott, M.; Dreuw, A.; Norman, P. VeloxChem: A Python‐driven Density‐functional Theory Program for Spectroscopy Simulations in High‐performance Computing Environments. WIREs Comput. Mol. Sci. 2020, 10 (5), e1457.
Li, X.; Linares, M.; Norman, P. VeloxChem: GPU-Accelerated Fock Matrix Construction Enabling Complex Polarization Propagator Simulations of Circular Dichroism Spectra of G-Quadruplexes. J. Phys. Chem. A 2025, 129 (2), 633-642.
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