(Phys.org) —Researchers working at the French National Center for Scientific Research have for the first time, directly measured the Van der Waals force between two atoms. In their paper published in ...

Modelling dispersion interactions with traditional density functional theory (DFT) is a challenge that has been extensively addressed in the past decade. The exchange-dipole moment (XDM), among others ...

Van der Waals forces, once deemed too weak for structural integrity, have been shown to create stable, highly porous frameworks with exceptional thermal resilience and reversible assembly, paving the ...

Rice University scientists find the ubiquitous, ''weak'' van der Waals force is sufficient to indent rigid nanosheets, hinting at applications in nanoscale optics or catalytic systems. You have to ...

In general, when you measure material properties such as optical permittivity, your measurement doesn’t depend on the direction in which you make it. However, recent research has shown that this is ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Advances in semiconductor technology have reached a critical turning point. Silicon-based transistor technology, central to electronics, faces increasing limitations due to the ...

Scientists in China have devised what they describe as the molecular equivalent of a compass to measure the weak van der Waals interactions between atoms. They did so by using a new kind of electron ...

Researchers have developed a new method to measure force and atomic bonds at the nanoscale that reveals that the speed of sound depends on the structure it is travelling through. Scientists from the ...

Surface functionalization of nanostructured metal oxides with catalysts is a promising and versatile method across various chemical research fields. It is extensively employed in catalysis-based ...