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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| author | Shigeki Kawai Adam S. Foster Torbjörn Björkman Sylwia Nowakowska Jonas Björk Filippo Federici Canova Lutz H. Gade Thomas A. Jung Ernst Meyer |
| author_facet | 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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-2009d9b0f2894788a9487abf29d550322022-12-21T21:52:02ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-05-01711710.1038/ncomms11559Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfacesShigeki Kawai0Adam S. Foster1Torbjörn Björkman2Sylwia Nowakowska3Jonas Björk4Filippo Federici Canova5Lutz H. Gade6Thomas A. Jung7Ernst Meyer8International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials ScienceDepartment of Applied Physics, COMP, Aalto UniversityDepartment of Applied Physics, COMP, Aalto UniversityDepartment of Physics, University of BaselDepartment of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping UniversityDepartment of Applied Physics, COMP, Aalto UniversityAnorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität HeidelbergDepartment of Physics, University of BaselDepartment of Physics, University of BaselVan 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11559 |
| spellingShingle | Shigeki Kawai Adam S. Foster Torbjörn Björkman Sylwia Nowakowska Jonas Björk Filippo Federici Canova Lutz H. Gade Thomas A. Jung Ernst Meyer Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces Nature Communications |
| title | Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| title_full | Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| title_fullStr | Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| title_short | Van der Waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| title_sort | van der waals interactions and the limits of isolated atom models at interfaces |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11559 |
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