Method for the calculation of the Hamaker constants of organic materials by the Lifshitz macroscopic approach with DFT

Abstract

The Hamaker constants, which are coefficients providing quantitative information on intermolecular forces, were calculated for a number of different materials according to the Lifshitz theory via simple DFT calculations without any experimental measurements being performed. The physical properties (polarizability, dipole moment, molecular volume, and vibrational frequency) of organic molecules were calculated using the B3LYP density functional and the aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. Values for the Hamaker constants were obtained using the approximation of the Lorentz-Lorenz equation and Onsager's equation with these properties. It was found that, in the case of `non-associative' materials, like hydrocarbons, ethers, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles, and hydrosilanes, and halides, the calculated Hamaker constants were similar in value to their experimentally determined counterparts. Moreover, with this calculation method, it is easy to create the molecular model and the CPU time can be shortened.

8 pages, 7 figures

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