Fig. 1. Potential energy profile for Si and Li interactions using MEAM potential. Equilibrium distances are consistent with experimental data (inside parentheses): 3.628 (3.84),⁵⁰ 2.379 (2.355),⁵¹ and 2.419 (2.672),⁵² for Si–Si, Si–Li, and Li–Li, respectively. All distances are in Å.