Thank you very much, dear Steven and Macros ! On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Marcos Verissimo Alves < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To add to this thread: there is an Europhysics Letters on the subject, > > J. C. Charlier, X. Gonze and J.-P. Michenaud, "Graphite interplanar > bonding: electronic delocalization and van der Waals interaction", > Eurphysics Letters 28 (6), 403-408 (1994) > > in which the physics of the bonding of graphite layers, as described by > the LDA approximation, is analyzed in detail. > > Have a nice weekend, > > Marcos > > > > Vous avez écrit / You have written / Lei ha scritto / Você escreveu... > Bailey, Steven > > DFT does not calculate Van Der Waals. In the case of inter layer > > graphite, using LDA for example, you might suggest that the weak pi > > bonding between the layers given by DFT approximates the inter wall > > interaction. > > > > Steve > > > > > > Dr S Bailey > > L & C Branch of the IoP Treasurer > > Physics Department > > Lancaster University > > Lancaster, UK. > > LA1 4YB > > Tel. +44(0)1524592844 > > > > > -- > Dr. Marcos Verissimo Alves > Post-Doctoral Fellow > Unité de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux (PCPM) > Université Catholique de Louvain > 1 Place Croix du Sud, B-1348 > Louvain-la-Neuve > Belgique > > ------ > > Gort, Klaatu barada nikto. Klaatu barada nikto. Klaatu barada nikto. > -- Hai-Ping Lan Department of Electronics , Peking University , Bejing, 100871 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
