Van der Waals forces represent a fundamental type of interaction between molecules. Named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, these intermolecular forces include attractions and ...

However, van der Waals dispersion forces cannot be eliminated, and they pose a fundamental limit to the adhesion between micromachined surfaces. Even these forces, though, are reduced by several ...

If you need to build a robot to carry something, you need a bit motor, right? Not so with these tiny robots out of Stanford’s Biomimetic Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory. One of these 12g ...

Gas-phase measurements and computational methods point to the dominance of dispersion forces in molecular association, but solvent effects complicate the unambiguous quantification of these forces ...

Van der Waals forces arise from temporary fluctuations in the density of charges in neighbouring atoms or molecules. Although they are only effective over a limited distance, they are ubiquitous in ...

Since all atoms and molecules are attracted to each other by van der Waals (vdW) forces, there are virtually no limitations to how these super-thin materials can be combined into stacks, similar to ...

"Our research challenges the long-standing assumption that van der Waals forces are too weak to construct stable frameworks. Through careful supramolecular design, we have demonstrated that these ...

If you take two objects with fairly smooth surfaces, and put these together, you would not expect them to stick together. At ...

held together by weak van der Waals forces. These materials have been the focus of numerous studies, as their unique ...

The van der Waals force, which is an attractive force between uncharged molecules or atoms, holds the materials together. According to Slava V. Rotkin, Penn State Frontier Professor of Engineering ...

layered sheets arranged such that adjacent sheets interact via van der Waals forces. This makes them highly stretchable, permeable (allowing liquids and gases to pass in and out), and capable of ...