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Nature and Strength of Interlayer Binding in Graphite

Nature and Strength of Interlayer Binding in Graphite

We computed the inter-layer bonding properties of graphite using an ab-initio many body theory. We carried out variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations and found an equilibrium inter-layer binding energy in good agreement with most recent experiments. We also analyzed the behavior of the total energy as a function …