Carbon nanodots from an in silico perspective

F Mocci, L de Villiers Engelbrecht, C Olla… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanodots (CNDs) are the latest and most shining rising stars among
photoluminescent (PL) nanomaterials. These carbon-based surface-passivated …

Diamond-like amorphous carbon

J Robertson - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2002 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a metastable form of amorphous carbon with significant sp3
bonding. DLC is a semiconductor with a high mechanical hardness, chemical inertness, and …

Machine learning based interatomic potential for amorphous carbon

VL Deringer, G Csányi - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We introduce a Gaussian approximation potential (GAP) for atomistic simulations of liquid
and amorphous elemental carbon. Based on a machine learning representation of the …

Nanoporous amorphous carbon nanopillars with lightweight, ultrahigh strength, large fracture strain, and high dam** capability

Z Li, A Bhardwaj, J He, W Zhang, TT Tran, Y Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Simultaneous achievement of lightweight, ultrahigh strength, large fracture strain, and high
dam** capability is challenging because some of these mechanical properties are …

Amorphous carbon films for electronic applications

IS Kim, CE Shim, SW Kim, CS Lee, J Kwon… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While various crystalline carbon allotropes, including graphene, have been actively
investigated, amorphous carbon (a‐C) thin films have received relatively little attention. The …

Graphitization of amorphous carbons: A comparative study of interatomic potentials

C de Tomas, I Suarez-Martinez, NA Marks - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
We perform a comparative study of six common carbon interatomic potentials: Tersoff, REBO-
II, ReaxFF, EDIP, LCBOP-I and COMB3. To ensure fair comparison, all the potentials are …

Growth Mechanism and Origin of High Content in Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon

MA Caro, VL Deringer, J Koskinen, T Laurila, G Csányi - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We study the deposition of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films from molecular
dynamics simulations based on a machine-learned interatomic potential trained from density …

hybridization ratio in amorphous carbon from C core-level shifts: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles calculation

R Haerle, E Riedo, A Pasquarello, A Baldereschi - Physical Review B, 2001 - APS
Using a combined experimental and theoretical approach, we address C 1 s core-level shifts
in amorphous carbon. Experimental results are obtained by x-ray photoelectron …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid carbon based nanomaterials for electrochemical detection of biomolecules

T Laurila, S Sainio, MA Caro - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
By combining different allotropic forms of carbon at the nanoscale it is possible to fabricate
tailor made surfaces with unique properties. These novel materials have shown high …

Generalizing the environment-dependent interaction potential for carbon

NA Marks - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
A transferable empirical potential for carbon is developed by extending the environment-
dependent interaction potential proposed for silicon. Generalized coordination functions …