Focus Session: van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials: Fundamentals and Simple Systems

Presentations

• Cohesive Properties of Graphitics and the Random Phase Approximation

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 21, 2011, 8:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • John Dobson

    • Micro and Nano Technology Centre, Griffith University, Australia

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• Self-consistent calculations of correlation energies within the random phase approximation

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 8:36 AM – March 21, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Stefano de Gironcoli

    • International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS Simulation Center, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
    • International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), via Bonomea 265 Trieste Italy
    • SISSA and CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS,Trieste, Italy

  • Ngoc Linh Nguyen

    • International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), via Bonomea 265 Trieste Italy
    • SISSA and CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS,Trieste, Italy

  • Viet Huy Nguyen

    • University of California-Davis
    • UC Davis
    • University of California, Davis, USA

  • Giulia Galli

    • University of California, Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA
    • Department of Chemistry \& Department of Physics, Unversity of California, Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, UC Davis
    • UC Davis
    • University of California-Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
    • Univeristy of California, Davis
    • University of California Davis, Davis, CA95616
    • University of California, Davis, USA

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• Beyond RPA correlation energies: Evaluation of model exchange-correlation kernels

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 8:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Deyu Lu

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Giulia Galli

    • University of California, Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA
    • Department of Chemistry \& Department of Physics, Unversity of California, Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, UC Davis
    • UC Davis
    • University of California-Davis
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
    • Univeristy of California, Davis
    • University of California Davis, Davis, CA95616
    • University of California, Davis, USA

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• Van der Waals interactions in complex materials: Beyond the pairwise approximation

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Alexandre Tkatchenko

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin
    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG

  • Robert A. DiStasio, Jr.

    • Princeton University

  • Roberto Car

    • Princeton University

  • Matthias Scheffler

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG

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• Van der Waals materials: what is the origin of the disagreement between ab initio calculations and experiments?

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:12 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Loredana Valenzano

    • Michigan Tech Univ

  • Warren Perger

    • Michigan Tech Univ

  • Jackson Criswell

    • Michigan Tech Univ

  • William Slough

    • Michigan Tech Univ

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• Van der Waals interactions in semiconductor solids

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:24 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Guo-Xu Zhang

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

  • Alexandre Tkatchenko

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

  • Joachim Paier

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

  • Heiko Appel

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

  • Matthias Scheffler

    • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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• Van der Waals density functionals applied to solids

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:36 AM – March 21, 2011, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jiri Klimes

    • London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London

  • David Bowler

    • London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London

  • Angelos Michaelides

    • London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London

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• Application of van der Waals Density Functionals to Extended Systems

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 9:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Kyuho Lee

    • Rutgers University

  • David C. Langreth

    • Rutgers University

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• An Efficient Real-Space Implementation of the van der Waals Energy and Analytical Forces in Plane-Wave Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:00 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Robert DiStasio

    • Princeton University

  • Zhaofeng Li

    • Princeton University

  • Ulrich Aschauer

    • Princeton University

  • Xifan Wu

    • Temple University

  • Roberto Car

    • Princeton University

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• Comparison of methods for inclusion of van der Waals interactions: the case of physisorption of nucleobases on graphene

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:12 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Duy Le

    • University of Central Florida

  • Abdelkader Kara

    • University of Central Florida

  • Talat S. Rahman

    • Department of Physics and NSTC Univ. of Central Florida
    • Physics Department and NSTC, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32816
    • Department of Physics and NSTC, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
    • University of Central Florida

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• Spinodal de-wetting of thin films in the presence of oscillatory Casimir forces

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:24 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Leonardo Golubovic

    • West Virginia University

  • Adi Constantinescu

    • West Virginia University

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• Dynamic Precision Measurement of the Casimir Force Using Gold Surface

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:36 AM – March 21, 2011, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Chia-Cheng Chang

    • UC Riverside Physics Dept.

  • Umar Mohideen

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• Inelastic Helium Atom Scattering from the Commensurate Monolayer Solid H$_2$/NaCl(001)

  ORAL

  March 21, 2011, 10:48 AM – March 21, 2011, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • L.W. Bruch

    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • F.Y. Hansen

    • Technical Univ. Denmark
    • Technical University Denmark
    • Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark

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