NONCONVERGENCE OF SURFACE ENERGIES OBTAINED FROM THIN-FILM CALCULATIONS

被引:309
作者
BOETTGER, JC
机构
[1] Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.16798
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
It is demonstrated that one of the most common methods used to determine surface energies from thin-film total-energy calculations introduces a computational error that increases linearly with the thickness of the film. This linear divergence is shown to have had a major impact on a recent calculation of the Li(111) surface energy, using one- to five-layer-thick films.
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页码:16798 / 16800
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