eprintid: 16164 rev_number: 22 userid: 1291 dir: disk0/00/01/61/64 datestamp: 2012-11-12 15:00:30 lastmod: 2021-06-12 22:55:36 status_changed: 2012-11-12 15:00:30 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 eprint_status: archive creators_name: Jenness, GR creators_name: Karalti, O creators_name: Jordan, KD creators_email: creators_email: creators_email: jordan@pitt.edu creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: JORDAN title: Benchmark calculations of water-acene interaction energies: Extrapolation to the water-graphene limit and assessment of dispersion-corrected DFT methods ispublished: pub divisions: sch_as_chemistry full_text_status: public abstract: In a previous study (J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 10242-10248) we used density functional theory based symmetry-adapted perturbation theory (DFT-SAPT) calculations of water interacting with benzene (C6H6), coronene (C24H12), and circumcoronene (C54H18) to estimate the interaction energy between a water molecule and a graphene sheet. The present study extends this earlier work by use of a more realistic geometry with the water molecule oriented perpendicular to the acene with both hydrogen atoms pointing down. We also include results for an intermediate C48H18 acene. Extrapolation of the water-acene results gives a value of -3.0 ± 0.15 kcal mol-1 for the binding of a water molecule to graphene. Several popular dispersion-corrected DFT methods are applied to the water-acene systems and the resulting interacting energies are compared to results of the DFT-SAPT calculations in order to assess their performance. © the Owner Societies. date: 2010-01-01 date_type: published publication: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume: 12 number: 24 pagerange: 6375 - 6381 refereed: TRUE issn: 1463-9076 centers: cen_other_molecularmatsim id_number: 10.1039/c000988a pmid: 20414490 citation: Jenness, GR and Karalti, O and Jordan, KD (2010) Benchmark calculations of water-acene interaction energies: Extrapolation to the water-graphene limit and assessment of dispersion-corrected DFT methods. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12 (24). 6375 - 6381. ISSN 1463-9076 document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/16164/1/licence.txt