Ab initio investigation of intermolecular interactions in solid benzene
Soft Condensed Matter
2013-02-22 v1 Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Abstract
A computational strategy for the evaluation of the crystal lattice constants and cohesive energy of the weakly bound molecular solids is proposed. The strategy is based on the high level ab initio coupled-cluster determination of the pairwise additive contribution to the interaction energy. The zero-point-energy correction and non-additive contributions to the interaction energy are treated using density functional methods. The experimental crystal lattice constants of the solid benzene are reproduced, and the value of 480 meV/molecule is calculated for its cohesive energy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.0668,
title = {Ab initio investigation of intermolecular interactions in solid benzene},
author = {O. Bludsky and M. Rubes and P. Soldan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.0668},
year = {2013}
}