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Ahmadi ME 437/537 Ahmadi ME 437/537
! ! Features of van Features of van der der Waals Waals Force Force ! ! Sphere Near a Plane Sphere Near a Plane ! ! Cylinder near a Flat Plate Cylinder near a Flat Plate ! ! Interfaces Interfaces ! ! Hamaker Hamaker Constants Constants ! ! Hamaker Hamaker Constants for Dissimilar Constants for Dissimilar Materials Materials
Ahmadi ME 437/537
! ! Generally Attractive Generally Attractive ! ! Short Range Short Range ! ! Origin in Atomic Dipole Origin in Atomic Dipole
Ahmadi ME 437/537
Interaction Energy Interaction Energy
] x 1 x ln 2 x 1 1 x 1 [ 12 A + + + + − = φ
z 12 Ad − ≈ φ
z →
z d
d z x =
A=Hamaker Const. A=Hamaker Const.
d 2 . ~ kT 12 Ad z <
Range of Application Range of Application