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Probe Type II Band Alignment in One-Dimensional Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using First-Principles Calculations
Published on: October 12, 2019
Lennard-Jones parameters for small diameter carbon nanotubes and water for molecular mechanics simulations from van
1Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 11100, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland. markus.kaukonen@iki.fi
Abstract:
Lennard-Jones (LJ) parameters are derived for classical nonpolarizable force fields for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and for CNT-water interaction from van der Waals (vdW) enhanced density functional calculations. The new LJ parameters for carbon-carbon interactions are of the same order as those previously used in the literature but differ significantly for CNT-water interactions. This may partially originate from the fact that in addition to pure vdW interactions the polarization and other quantum mechanics effects are embedded into the LJ-potential.
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