Named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, these intermolecular forces include attractions and repulsions that affect the physical properties and behaviors of molecules. They are ...

The in-plane stability of these 2D crystals is provided by strong covalent bonds, but the atomically thin layers are attached to each other through weak van der Waals interactions, similar to how a ...

Researchers from Kyoto University have achieved a significant advancement in materials science by developing the world's first three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks (WaaFs). This innovation ...