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 |