Dataset for the published article "Retarded room temperature Hamaker coefficients between bulk elemental metals"

<p>The data contained in the zip files constitute the main research data&nbsp;of the publication entitled as &quot;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2022.122123">Retarded room temperature Hamaker coefficients between bulk elemental metals</a>&quot;. They are provided in a txt file format.</p> <p>&quot;Identical metals in vacuum.zip&quot; contains the room temperature&nbsp;Hamaker coefficients between 26 identical elemental polycrystalline metals that are embedded in vacuum&nbsp;computed from the <strong>full Lifshitz theory</strong> as a function of the separation of the metallic semi-spaces within 0-200nm.&nbsp;The employed discretization scheme is the&nbsp;following: for l = 0 &minus; 1 nm,&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=0.1\,nm\)</span>&nbsp;which corresponds to 11 data points, for l = 1&minus;200 nm:&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=1\,nm\)</span> which corresponds to 200 data points.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of metals is based on the full spectral method combined with a Drude model low frequency extrapolation technique which has been implemented with input from extended-in-frequency dielectric data that range from the far infra-red region to the soft X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.</p> <p>&quot;Identical metals in water (Fiedler et al).zip&quot; contains the room temperature&nbsp;Hamaker coefficients between 26 identical elemental polycrystalline metals that are embedded in pure water computed from the <strong>full Lifshitz theory</strong> as a function of the separation of the metallic semi-spaces within 0-200nm.&nbsp;The employed discretization scheme is the following: for l = 0 &minus; 1 nm,&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=0.1\,nm\)</span>&nbsp;which corresponds to 11 data points, for l = 1&minus;200 nm:&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=1\,nm\)</span> which corresponds to 200 data points.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of metals is based on the full spectral method combined with a Drude model low frequency extrapolation technique which has been implemented with input from extended-in-frequency dielectric data that range from the far infra-red region to the soft X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of pure water is based on the simple spectral method&nbsp;which has been implemented with input from the Fiedler&nbsp;<em>et al.</em>&nbsp;dielectric parameterization.</p> <p>&quot;Identical metals in water (Parsegian-Weiss).zip&quot; contains the room temperature&nbsp;Hamaker coefficients between 26 identical elemental polycrystalline metals that are embedded in pure water computed from the <strong>full Lifshitz theory</strong> as a function of the separation of the metallic semi-spaces within 0-200nm.&nbsp;The employed discretization scheme is the following: for l = 0 &minus; 1 nm,&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=0.1\,nm\)</span>&nbsp;which corresponds to 11 data points, for l = 1&minus;200 nm:&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=1\,nm\)</span> which corresponds to 200 data points.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of metals is based on the full spectral method combined with a Drude model low frequency extrapolation technique which has been implemented with input from extended-in-frequency dielectric data that range from the far infra-red region to the soft X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of pure water is based on the simple spectral method&nbsp;which has been implemented with input from the Parsegian-Weiss&nbsp;dielectric parameterization.</p> <p>&quot;Identical metals in water (Roth-Lenhoff).zip&quot; contains the room temperature&nbsp;Hamaker coefficients between 26 identical elemental polycrystalline metals that are embedded in pure water computed from the <strong>full Lifshitz theory</strong> as a function of the separation of the metallic semi-spaces within 0-200nm.&nbsp;The employed discretization scheme is the following: for l = 0 &minus; 1 nm,&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=0.1\,nm\)</span>&nbsp;which corresponds to 11 data points, for l = 1&minus;200 nm:&nbsp;<span class="math-tex">\(\Delta{l}=1\,nm\)</span> which corresponds to 200 data points.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of metals is based on the full spectral method combined with a Drude model low frequency extrapolation technique which has been implemented with input from extended-in-frequency dielectric data that range from the far infra-red region to the soft X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.&nbsp;The computation of the imaginary argument dielectric function of pure water is based on the simple spectral method&nbsp;which has been implemented with input from the Roth-Lenhoff&nbsp;dielectric parameterization.</p> <p>All Hamaker coefficients are given in zJ and all separations are given in nm.</p>