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+title: 'Simple DFT-D3: reimplementation of the D3 dispersion correction'
+tags:
+  - Fortran
+  - Python
+  - computational chemistry
+  - density functional theory
+  - dispersion correction
+authors:
+  - name: Sebastian Ehlert
+    orcid: 0000-0001-7809-771X
+    affiliation: 1
+    corresponding: true
+affiliations:
+  - name: Microsoft Research, AI for Science, The Netherlands
+    index: 1
+date: 8 June 2024
+bibliography: _static/references.bib
+---
+
+# Summary
+
+# Statement of need
+
+# Acknowledgements
+
+# References