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. 2020 Apr 8;16(5):3316–3334. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00703

Table 7. Reliability of Different Methods for Estimation of Nuclear Quantum Effectsa.

  static properties
dynamical properties
method heat capacity structure dielectric constant diffusion absorption spectrum
classical/BOMD
1PT +
2PT +
1PT+AC ++
GSTA ++ ++ + +
PIMD +++ +++ +++
CMD, RPMD, LSC-IVR +++ +++ +++ ++ ++
a

–, no effect; +, rough estimation; ++, good approximation; +++, exact for a particular potential.