A transferable force field for CdS-CdSe-PbS-PbSe solid systems

Z Fan, RS Koster, S Wang, C Fang, AO Yalcin, FD Tichelaar, HW Zandbergen, MA van Huis, TJH Vlugt

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Abstract

A transferable force field for the PbSe-CdSe solid system using the partially charged rigid ion model has been successfully developed and was used to study the cation exchange in PbSe-CdSe heteronanocrystals [A. O. Yalcin et al., "Atomic resolution monitoring of cation exchange in CdSe-PbSe heteronanocrystals during epitaxial solid-solid-vapor growth," Nano Lett. 14, 3661-3667 (2014)]. In this work, we extend this force field by including another two important binary semiconductors, PbS and CdS, and provide detailed information on the validation of this force field. The parameterization combines Bader charge analysis, empirical fitting, and ab initio energy surface fitting. When compared with experimental data and density functional theory calculations, it is shown that a wide range of physical properties of bulk PbS, PbSe, CdS, CdSe, and their mixed phases can be accurately reproduced using this force field. The choice of functional forms and parameterization strategy is demonstrated to be rational and effective. This transferable force field can be used in various studies on II-VI and IV-VI semiconductor materials consisting of CdS, CdSe, PbS, and PbSe. Here, we demonstrate the applicability of the force field model by molecular dynamics simulations whereby transformations are initiated by cation exchange
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume141
Issue numberart.nr. 244503
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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Keywords

  • CWTS 0.75 <= JFIS < 2.00

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