Nanoscale van der Waals interactions

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 35, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 849-866

  Cole, Milton W ^a   Velegol, Darrell ^a,b   Kim, Hye Young ^d   Lucas, Amand A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled dipole method; Nanoscale; Van der Waals interactions

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; CHARGE FLUCTUATIONS; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; CONTINUUM MODEL; COUPLED DIPOLE METHOD; COUPLED DIPOLES; DIMENSIONLESS RATIOS; EIGEN MODES; HALF SPACES; HAMAKER APPROXIMATION; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; LENNARD-JONES PARAMETERS; LIFSHITZ THEORY; MANY-BODY; MANY-BODY INTERACTIONS; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SHARP EDGES; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; SMALL SIZE; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EID: 70350485935     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020902929794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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