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      • COSMO: Conductor like Screening Model and the Solvation-key
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  4. Solvation

Solvation¶

Band offers two implicit solvent models, COSMO and SM12.

  • COSMO: Conductor like Screening Model and the Solvation-key
  • Additional keys for periodic systems
  • SM12: Solvation Model 12
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