Intermolecular Interaction Potentials of CH4-Ne Complex Calculated with Local Density Approximation Methods

The intermolecular interactions potentials for two configurations of CH4-Ne complex are calculated with localdensity approximation methods in the frame of density functional theory. It is found that the calculated potentialshave two minima when the distance between the carbon atom of CH4 and the Ne atom takes R = 5.80a.u.and 6.20a.u. for both the two configurations. For the edge configuration, the corresponding depth of thepotential is 0.0669536eV and 0.0671416eV. For the face configuration, the corresponding depth of the potentialis 0,0737956 eV and 0.0645506 eV. The global minimum occurs at R = 5.80 a.u. for the face configuration with adepth of the potential 0.0737956eV. The depths of our calculation are in better agreement with the experimentaldata than the quantum chemical calculation approach~ while the position of minimum potential for our calculationis underestimated.