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Introduction
What’s new in ADF 2026.1
Older releases
AMSification of ADF
Input, execution and output
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Coordinates, Basis sets, Fragments
Model Hamiltonians
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General
General
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Introduction
ADF is an AMS Engine
Functionality
Applicability
Model Hamiltonian
Analysis
Technical
Fragments
Slater-type basis sets
What’s new in ADF 2026.1
New features
Older releases
What’s new in ADF 2025.1
What’s new in ADF 2024.1
What’s new in ADF 2023.1
What’s new in ADF 2022.1
What’s new in ADF 2021.1
What’s new in ADF 2020.1
ADF is an AMS Engine
AMSification of ADF
Restructuring of the input
Restructuring of input keys
Example shell script changes
Automatic tool for conversion of ADF2019 shell scripts
Input, execution and output
ADF specific files
Feature List
Model Hamiltonians
Structure and Reactivity
Spectroscopic properties
Charge transport properties
Analysis
Accuracy and Efficiency
Technical remarks, Terminology
Density functional theory
The Kohn-Sham MO model
Basis functions and orbitals
Coulomb potential evaluation, density fitting
Three-step build-up of the bonding
Transition State procedure