Quantum Monte Carlo Calculation of the Binding Energy of Bilayer Graphene

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Mostaani, E ^a   Drummond, N D ^a   Fal'Ko, V I ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BILAYER GRAPHENE; DIFFUSION QUANTUM MONTE CARLO; EQUILIBRIUM SEPARATION; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; OPTICAL PHONON FREQUENCIES; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS; STACKED STRUCTURE;

BINDING ENERGY;

GRAPHITE;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHONON; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIFFUSION; GRAPHITE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84942133292     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.115501     Document Type: Article

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