Evaluation of van der Waals density functionals for layered materials

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Tawfik, Sherif Abdulkader
Gould, Tim
Stampfl, Catherine
Ford, Michael J
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2018
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In 2012, Björkman et al. posed the question "Are we van der Waals ready?" [T. Björkman, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 424218 (2012)JCOMEL0953-898410.1088/0953-8984/24/42/424218] about the ability of ab initio modeling to reproduce van der Waals (vdW) dispersion forces in layered materials. The answer at that time was no, however. Here we report on a new generation of vdW dispersion models and show that one, i.e., the fractionally ionic atom theory with many-body dispersions, offers close to quantitative predictions for layered structures. Furthermore, it does so from a qualitatively correct picture of dispersion forces. Other ...
View more >In 2012, Björkman et al. posed the question "Are we van der Waals ready?" [T. Björkman, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 424218 (2012)JCOMEL0953-898410.1088/0953-8984/24/42/424218] about the ability of ab initio modeling to reproduce van der Waals (vdW) dispersion forces in layered materials. The answer at that time was no, however. Here we report on a new generation of vdW dispersion models and show that one, i.e., the fractionally ionic atom theory with many-body dispersions, offers close to quantitative predictions for layered structures. Furthermore, it does so from a qualitatively correct picture of dispersion forces. Other methods, such as D3 and optB88vdW, also work well, albeit with some exceptions. We thus argue that we are nearly vdW ready and that some modern dispersion methods are accurate enough to be used for nanomaterial prediction, albeit with some caution required.
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View more >In 2012, Björkman et al. posed the question "Are we van der Waals ready?" [T. Björkman, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 424218 (2012)JCOMEL0953-898410.1088/0953-8984/24/42/424218] about the ability of ab initio modeling to reproduce van der Waals (vdW) dispersion forces in layered materials. The answer at that time was no, however. Here we report on a new generation of vdW dispersion models and show that one, i.e., the fractionally ionic atom theory with many-body dispersions, offers close to quantitative predictions for layered structures. Furthermore, it does so from a qualitatively correct picture of dispersion forces. Other methods, such as D3 and optB88vdW, also work well, albeit with some exceptions. We thus argue that we are nearly vdW ready and that some modern dispersion methods are accurate enough to be used for nanomaterial prediction, albeit with some caution required.
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Journal Title
Physical Review Materials
Volume
2
Issue
3
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© 2018 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Nanomaterials
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science
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