The experimental knowledge on interlayer potential of graphitic materials is summarized and compared with the computational results based on phenomenological models.Besides Lennard-Jones approximation, the Mie potenti...The experimental knowledge on interlayer potential of graphitic materials is summarized and compared with the computational results based on phenomenological models.Besides Lennard-Jones approximation, the Mie potential is discussed, as well as the Kolmogorov-Crespy model and equation of Lebedeva et al.An agreement is found between a set of reported physical properties of graphite(layer binding energies, compressibility along c-axis in a broad pressure range, Raman frequencies for bulk shear and breathing modes under pressure), when a proper choice of model parameters is taken.It is argued that anisotropic potentials, Kolmogorov-Crespy and Lebedeva, are preferable for modeling, as they provide a better, self-consistent description.A method of fast numerical modeling, convenient for the accurate estimation of the discussed physical properties, is proposed.It may be useful in studies of other van der Waals homo/heterostructures as well.展开更多
文摘The experimental knowledge on interlayer potential of graphitic materials is summarized and compared with the computational results based on phenomenological models.Besides Lennard-Jones approximation, the Mie potential is discussed, as well as the Kolmogorov-Crespy model and equation of Lebedeva et al.An agreement is found between a set of reported physical properties of graphite(layer binding energies, compressibility along c-axis in a broad pressure range, Raman frequencies for bulk shear and breathing modes under pressure), when a proper choice of model parameters is taken.It is argued that anisotropic potentials, Kolmogorov-Crespy and Lebedeva, are preferable for modeling, as they provide a better, self-consistent description.A method of fast numerical modeling, convenient for the accurate estimation of the discussed physical properties, is proposed.It may be useful in studies of other van der Waals homo/heterostructures as well.
