Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces

Van der Waals forces are individually weak, but on scale can drive many nano- and macroscopic processes. Here, Kawai et al. directly measure the van der Waals interactions between noble gas atom pairs and show how this changes with atom size and surface adsorption.

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Main Authors: Kawai, Shigeki (Author) , Foster, Adam S. (Author) , Björkman, Torbjörn (Author) , Nowakowska, Sylwia (Author) , Björk, Jonas (Author) , Canova, Filippo Federici (Author) , Gade, Lutz H. (Author) , Jung, Thomas A. (Author) , Meyer, Ernst (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 13 May 2016
In: Nature Communications
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Pages: 1-7
ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/ncomms11559
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11559
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Author Notes:Shigeki Kawai, Adam S. Foster, Torbjörn Björkman, Sylwia Nowakowska, Jonas Björk, Filippo Federici Canova, Lutz H. Gade, Thomas A. Jung & Ernst Meyer
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Summary:Van der Waals forces are individually weak, but on scale can drive many nano- and macroscopic processes. Here, Kawai et al. directly measure the van der Waals interactions between noble gas atom pairs and show how this changes with atom size and surface adsorption.
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ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/ncomms11559