[Pw_forum] Binding energy of an interface

[mohnish pandey]

S.Q. Wang, H.Q. Ye, Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 10, 26 (2006)

This article is also available on the author's website I think. Below is
the link, I hope it works for you.
http://www.synl.ac.cn/upPdf/COSSMS_sqw_print.pdf.pdf


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Tram Bui <trambui at u.boisestate.edu> wrote:

> Dear Mohnish,
>         Thank you so much for your information. By any chance, if you have
> any reference works that mention about this. Would you please direct me to
> them?
>
> Regards,
> Tram
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:56 PM, mohnish pandey <mohnish.iitk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The interfacial energy of the system will be E_{interfacial} = E_{
>> fcc-ZrH [111]  + Zr [0001] } - E_{ fcc-ZrH [111] } - E_{ Zr [0001] }. So it
>> will be the difference in total energy of your combined system(the slab
>> containing both ZrH and Zr here) minus sum of total energy of the
>> individual systemv(individual slab).
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Tram Bui <trambui at u.boisestate.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All Users,
>>>      Would you please give me some suggestion on how to obtain a correct
>>> formula to determine the binding energy of an interface between two
>>> materials? I have a system  including the interface of fcc-ZrH [111] and
>>> hcp Zr [0001]. I have obtained the total energy of this system as well as
>>> the energy of individual material. Based on a previous work on the similar
>>> matter (
>>> http://mpdc.mae.cornell.edu/Courses/MAE715/Symposium12/NiniMunoz-Paper.pdf),
>>> I try to obtain the binding energy by subtracting the total energy of the
>>> big system (including both ZrH and Zr with their interface) with energies
>>> of isolated material (like the bulk), but the result is odd. I have check
>>> all my calculations and find nothing wrong, so I think it might be because
>>> of the formula I use. It might be missing something. So if anyone can
>>> please give me some guidance on this, I really appreciate that.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Tram Bui
>>>
>>> M.S. Materials Science & Engineering
>>> trambui at u.boisestate.edu
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> MOHNISH,
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>> PhD Student,
>> Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design,
>> Department of Physics,
>> Technical University of Denmark
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MOHNISH,
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PhD Student,
Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design,
Department of Physics,
Technical University of Denmark
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