Amsterdam Density Functional

Amsterdam Density Functional (ADF) is a program for first-principles electronic structure calculations that makes use of density functional theory.^[1] ADF was first developed in the early seventies by the group of E. J. Baerends, working in the theoretical chemistry department of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, and by the Ziegler group in Calgary. Nowadays many other academic developers are contributing to the software. Scientific Computing & Modelling (SCM), a spin-off company from the Baerends group and also located in Amsterdam, coordinates the development and distribution of ADF.