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Intermolecular Forces—An Example of Fruitful Cooperation of Theory and Experiment
Author(s) -
Schuster Peter
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198105461
Subject(s) - intermolecular force , chemical physics , phase (matter) , ab initio , molecule , ion , materials science , statistical physics , computational chemistry , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
New experimental techniques and extensive ab initio calculations have rendered it possible to gain a detailed knowledge of aggregates of atoms, small ions and/or small molecules in the vapor phase which are held together by intermolecular forces. Theory and experiment are often complementary regarding reliable predictions. The results obtained for complexes of three or more constituents are still fragmentary; nevertheless, they can be used to explain some properties of the condensed phase.