The nature of intermolecular interactions underpins a vast array of physical and chemical phenomena, and is a scientific theme that straddles the disciplines of physics, chemistry and biology.

The actin and myosin complex (actomyosin) generates contraction force of a muscle utilizing the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis reaction. Many attempts have thus been made to explain the ...

From the boiling of water to the strength of spider silk, intermolecular forces quietly govern the behavior of matter. These subtle attractions between molecules decide when substances melt, boil, ...

Molecular polarity and intermolecular forces explain why substances dissolve, boil, or stick together the way they do. From the shape of a molecule to the pull of its atoms, polarity determines ...

Experimental evidence of long-range attractive forces between cellular proteins has been obtained by researchers in France more than 50 years after the idea was first proposed. The forces are mediated ...

Jian Jiang's team at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently published an article that focuses on the core bottlenecks of ...

The alkanes are a homologous series with a structure based on a carbon chain - each carbon atom forms four covalent bonds The intermolecular forces vary between molecules, so different organic ...