Experimental evidence of long-range attractive forces between cellular proteins has been obtained by researchers in France more than 50 years after the idea was first proposed. The forces are mediated ...

The properties of elements and compounds can be explained by considering the different types of bonding present inside the molecules. All ionic compounds have a high melting point and boiling ...

Usually, both the potential energy and the force increase as the intermolecular distance r goes to zero. Repulsion is thus modelled through concave functions, such as 1/ r n (with n = 12 for the ...

Intermolecular interactions underpin an array of physical and chemical phenomena. Here, the authors probe the three dimensional potential between fullerene molecules in different orientations ...

The intermolecular forces close intermolecular forces Weak attractive forces between molecules. When a simple molecular substance melts or boils, it is the intermolecular forces that are broken ...

For scurrying upside down on smooth ceilings and other gravity-defying feats, lizards known as geckos may exploit intermolecular forces between the surface and billions of tiny stalks under their ...

Hydrophobic interactions is one major type of intermolecular force that plays a vital role in many life processes in Chemistry and Physics. In biological systems, hydrophobic interactions can ...