The effect of empirical potential functions on modeling of amorphous carbon using molecular dynamics method

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 286, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-297

  Li, Longqiu ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Song, Wenping ^a   Ovcharenko, Andrey ^b   Zhang, Guangyu ^a   Jia, Ding ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Empirical potentials; Liquid quenching; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUENCHING;

DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; LIQUID QUENCHING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; QUENCHING TIME; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; TERSOFF POTENTIAL;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 84887448174     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.09.073     Document Type: Article

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