Usage of "van der waals forces"

Russian

силы ван-дер-ваальса

Portuguese

ligação de van der waals

Spanish

interacción de van der waals

Catalan

forces de van der waals

Residual attractive or repulsive forces between molecules or atomic groups that do not arise from a covalent bond, or ionic bonds.

силы ван-дер-ваальса

Usage of van der waals forces in English

This feature strongly suggests that these compounds are held bonded substantially by van der Waals forces. 
 Pubmed 

His team's adhesive makes use of van der Waals forces, which geckos use to climb smooth surfaces. 
 Wired 

The thermodynamic studies suggested that the weak binding of metformin to BSA was governed by hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces. 
 Pubmed 

Something similar occurs in the docking of small molecules, although in this case shorter-range van der Waals forces play a more critical role. 
 Pubmed 

So those attractions, known as van der Waals forces, really add up, to the point where a gecko can stick to a wall. 
 Wired 

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Meanings of van der waals forces in English