Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) has been implemented in the parallel density functional code ParaGauss based on previously separate software. Achievements of the present work are the extension of the method to open-shell systems and the exploitation of symmetry. The TDDFT module has also been augmented by several generalized gradient exchange-correlation functionals. Previous integration of exchange-correlation matrix elements by resolution of the identity has been replaced by a fully numerical scheme, which improves accuracy and numerical stability and avoids the use of an auxiliary basis set. In this way application to complex systems is considerably facilitated. Using the new features of the TDDFT software, the optical spectra of monomers and dimers of the coinage metals have been determined in the gas phase and adsorbed on the MgO surface. Adsorption complexes on regular as well as defect sites have been compared.
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