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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Computational Chemistry
Chemical Physics

Background:

Accurate simulation of complex chemical systems requires robust interatomic potentials.
Existing potentials often struggle with dynamic bond formation, dissociation, and charge transfer.
Modeling interfaces between organic molecules and metals presents significant challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a versatile, reactive empirical potential for carbon-based materials, hydrocarbons, and organometallics.
To enhance the Charge Optimized Many-Body (COMB) potential framework with improved bond order and self-energy expressions.
To enable dynamic simulation of charge transfer during chemical reactions and at interfaces.

Main Methods:

Development of a variable charge reactive empirical potential within the COMB framework.
Incorporation of refined expressions for bond order and self-energy.
Application of the developed potential in classical molecular dynamics simulations.

Main Results:

The new potential successfully treats diverse bond types in multicomponent systems.
It accurately captures the dynamic processes of chemical bond dissociation and formation.
The potential dynamically determines charge transfer, crucial for reactive chemistry.
Simulations of ethyl radicals on Cu(111) demonstrate its capability in organic-metal interactions.

Conclusions:

The developed variable charge COMB potential offers a flexible and robust method for simulating complex many-atom systems.
It provides a powerful tool for studying chemical reactions and interfaces in dynamic environments.
This potential advances the simulation of organic-metal interactions and related phenomena.