Research
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van der Waals forces between nanoparticles may be reduced by changing their shape or external shell. Click here for more
Molecules are adsorbed inside a bundle of carbon nanotubes.
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A.C. Dillon, M.J. Heben. Appl. Phys. A 72, 133?142 (2001) / Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s003390100788
Water doesn't wet many surfaces at room temperature. For example, over graphite, it's supposed to have a wetting transition that however has never been observed. Click here to see our prediction of the critical  temperature of this transition.