Surface Forces: Direct Measurement of Normal and Retarded van der Waals Forces

1968/09/14 by D. Tabor, D. TABOR, R.H.S. Winterton +1 · 183 citations
Chemistry · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Classical mechanics #Colloid #Composite material #DLVO theory #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Geometry #Hamaker constant #London dispersion force #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Mica #Molecule #Physical chemistry #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum mechanics #Surface (topology) #Surface force #Surface forces apparatus #Theorem of corresponding states #Van der Waals radius #Van der Waals strain #Van der Waals surface #van der Waals force

paper · doi:10.1038/2191120a0

published in Nature 219(5159), 1120-1121 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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