# CdTe Stillinger-Weber potential: Z. Q. Wang, D. Stroud, # and A. J. Markworth, Phys. Rev. B, 40, 3129(1989). # The Stillinger-Weber parameters given in the literature are pair # specific. While most of the parameters are indeed pairwise parameters # according to their definition, the parameters epsilon and lambda # should be viewed as three-body dependent. Here we assume that the # the three-body epsilon and lambda is a geometric mean of the pairwise # epsilon and lambda. # In lammps, the parameters for the ij pair are entered in # the ijj three-body line. There is no unique way to convert pair # parameters to three body parameters so the example here represents # only one way. The three-body parameters epsilon_ijk can be calculated # from the literature pair parameters using epsilon_ijk = # sqrt(lambda_ij*epsilon_ij*lambda_ik*epsilon_ik)/lambda_ik, and the # results are directly entered in this table. Obviously, this # conversion does not change the two-body parameters epsilon_ijj. # All other ik pair parameters are entered on the i*k line, where * # can be any species. This is consistent with the requirement of # the ik parameter being on the ikk line. # These entries are in LAMMPS "metal" units: epsilon = eV; # sigma = Angstroms; other quantities are unitless # epsilon sigma a lambda gamma cos(theta) A B p q tol Cd Cd Cd 1.03 2.51 1.80 25.0 1.20 -0.333333333333 5.1726 0.8807 4.0 0.0 0.0 Te Te Te 1.03 2.51 1.80 25.0 1.20 -0.333333333333 8.1415 0.6671 4.0 0.0 0.0 Cd Cd Te 1.03 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 -0.333333333333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cd Te Te 1.03 2.51 1.80 25.0 1.20 -0.333333333333 7.0496 0.6022 4.0 0.0 0.0 Te Cd Cd 1.03 2.51 1.80 25.0 1.20 -0.333333333333 7.0496 0.6022 4.0 0.0 0.0 Te Cd Te 1.03 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 -0.333333333333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Te Te Cd 1.03 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 -0.333333333333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cd Te Cd 1.03 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 -0.333333333333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0