The first theoretical study of the water dimer was an ab initio calculation published in 1968 by Morokuma and Pedersen. Since then, the water dimer has been the focus of sustained interest by theoretical chemists concerned with hydrogen bonding—a search of the CAS database up to 2006 returns over 1100 related references (73 of them in 2005).
The water dimer has been a central topic of study for theoretical chemists concerned with hydrogen bonding since its initial theoretical investigation by Morokuma and Pedersen in 1968. This research area has yielded over 1100 publications on the subject, including 73 specifically in 2005, according to a CAS database search.