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Interaction energy of a pair of identical coplanar uniformly charged nanodisks
Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications
  • Orion Ciftja, Prairie View A and M University
  • Isaac Berry, Prairie View A and M University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2018
Abstract

We consider a nanosystem consisting of two coplanar uniformly charged nanodisks that are coupled via Coulomb forces. Such a model represents a typical situation encountered in two-dimensional semiconductor quantum dot systems of electrons. We provide an exact integral expression for the interaction energy between the two coplanar nanodisks as a function of their separation distance. It is found that the difference between a standard Coulomb potential and the current one has features reminiscent of a Lennard-Jones interaction potential. The results derived can be useful to understand formation of clusters and/or aggregates in systems of coplanar charged nanodisks that contain electrons.

Citation Information
Orion Ciftja and Isaac Berry. "Interaction energy of a pair of identical coplanar uniformly charged nanodisks" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/orion-ciftja/74/