Plasmon mediated, long range, oscillating van der Waals forces between molecules adsorbed on metals
- 15 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 76 (4) , 1795-1798
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.443219
Abstract
We use qualitataive arguments to propose a propensity rule stating that the van der Waals forces between adsorbed molecules may be strongly influenced by the surface plasmon. As a result, if the molecule has a narrow level resonant with a weakly damped surface plasmon, the van der Waals forces oscillate as a function of their separation and have an unusually long range.Keywords
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