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The 36 pages that link to Van der Waals force, each with the reason it gives.

• Protein foldingRelated: Many small contacts between atoms help stabilize a tightly packed fold.

• Intermolecular forceRelated: Its scope overlaps with common classifications of intermolecular forces, though definitions vary.

• GraphiteRelated: These weak attractions hold graphite’s sheets together while allowing them to slide.

• Noble gasRelated: These attractions let noble-gas atoms condense despite their lack of ordinary chemical bonds.

• AdhesionRelated: These forces attract surfaces even when no chemical bonds form across their interface.

• HeliumRelated: Weak attractions between helium atoms help account for its exceptionally low boiling point.

• Saturated fatRelated: Close packing of straight saturated chains strengthens these attractions between molecules.

• Atomic force microscopyRelated: These forces often dominate tip–sample interactions at close range.

• Scanning probe microscopyRelated: These forces contribute to the tip–sample interaction measured in atomic force microscopy.

• Allotropes of carbonRelated: These forces bind graphite’s carbon sheets without forming strong covalent bonds between them.

• GeckoRelated: The combined attraction between setae and a surface helps explain gecko toe adhesion.

• Hendrik CasimirRelated: Casimir sought a quantum-electrodynamic account of the attraction between neutral bodies.

• Supramolecular chemistryRelated: Even individually weak dispersion forces can stabilize closely packed molecular structures.

• Johannes Diderik van der WaalsRelated: The forces share his name, though the equation’s attraction term is a simplified collective model.

• MolybdeniteRelated: Weak interlayer attractions let molybdenite sheets slide past one another.

• Helium compoundsRelated: Such weak attractions can bind helium in complexes without conventional covalent bonds.

• GekkonidaeRelated: These forces contribute to the attachment produced by gecko toe-pad setae.

• NeopentaneRelated: These attractions help explain why neopentane boils at a low temperature.

• 1-PentanolRelated: Dispersion attractions between its hydrocarbon chains contribute to 1-pentanol’s relatively high boiling point.

• Behenic acidRelated: Long hydrocarbon chains make stronger cumulative dispersion contacts when packed together.

• Common house geckoRelated: They contribute to adhesion between gecko toe structures and surfaces.

• Clathrate compoundRelated: These weak attractions commonly stabilize guests inside clathrate cavities.