A recent study by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences redefines how liquids maintain their contact with solid surfaces—also known as wettability—from an intermolecular force perspective.

The scientists next obtained a theoretically expected signature of attractive electrodynamic forces among macromolecules vibrating at the same frequency in order to show a phase transition between ...

What is a Surface Force Apparatus (SFA)? The Surface Force Apparatus (SFA) is a highly sensitive scientific instrument used to measure the forces between two surfaces at the nanoscale. It allows ...

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the chemical and physical properties of matter resulting from the ability of atoms to form bonds. SC2.a Plan and carry out an investigation to ...

The future success of organic electronic devices strongly depends on the ability to tailor the properties of thin films and interfaces. This calls for well-ordered thin films. However, their ...

The assembly and stability of molecular complexes are governed by a delicate balance of intermolecular forces. These noncovalent interactions span a spectrum from directional hydrogen bonds to the ...

The actin and myosin complex (actomyosin) generates contraction force of a muscle utilizing the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis reaction. Many attempts have thus been made to explain the ...

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 ...