Table 1 Mean displacement, ΔR, of atoms in the central zone of an optimized 72-atom flake from the bulk experimental positions of MoS2 using several functionals in gaussian09. All functionals except B3LYP predict mean displacements less than 5% from the bulk values.

From: A study of size-dependent properties of MoS2 monolayer nanoflakes using density-functional theory

Functionals

ΔR(Å)

PBE1PBE

0.0256

B3LYP

0.0565

BHandHLYP

0.0400

M052X

0.0330