Department of chemistry and chemical engineer, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China.
J Comput Chem. 2012 Feb 15;33(5):580-92. doi: 10.1002/jcc.22885. Epub 2011 Dec 8.
Multiwfn is a multifunctional program for wavefunction analysis. Its main functions are: (1) Calculating and visualizing real space function, such as electrostatic potential and electron localization function at point, in a line, in a plane or in a spatial scope. (2) Population analysis. (3) Bond order analysis. (4) Orbital composition analysis. (5) Plot density-of-states and spectrum. (6) Topology analysis for electron density. Some other useful utilities involved in quantum chemistry studies are also provided. The built-in graph module enables the results of wavefunction analysis to be plotted directly or exported to high-quality graphic file. The program interface is very user-friendly and suitable for both research and teaching purpose. The code of Multiwfn is substantially optimized and parallelized. Its efficiency is demonstrated to be significantly higher than related programs with the same functions. Five practical examples involving a wide variety of systems and analysis methods are given to illustrate the usefulness of Multiwfn. The program is free of charge and open-source. Its precompiled file and source codes are available from http://multiwfn.codeplex.com.
Multiwfn 是一个多功能的波函数分析程序。它的主要功能有:(1)计算和可视化实空间函数,如点、线、面或空间域上的静电势和电子局域函数。(2)布居分析。(3)键级分析。(4)轨道组成分析。(5)绘制态密度和谱图。(6)电子密度的拓扑分析。还提供了一些涉及量子化学研究的其他有用工具。内置的图形模块可以直接绘制波函数分析的结果,或者将其导出到高质量的图形文件。程序界面非常用户友好,适合研究和教学用途。Multiwfn 的代码经过了大量的优化和并行化,其效率明显高于具有相同功能的相关程序。本文通过 5 个实际案例,涵盖了广泛的体系和分析方法,说明了 Multiwfn 的实用性。该程序是免费的开源软件。其预编译文件和源代码可以从 http://multiwfn.codeplex.com 获取。