In this study a simple and general chemical association theory is introduced. The concept of infinite equilibrium model is re-examined and true mole fractions of associated species are calculated. The theory is applied to derive the distribution function of associated species. As a severe test the application of presented theory to the van der Waals mixture model is introduced in order to p...

The ultrasonic velocity, density and viscosity of some Schiff bases of 4-amino benzoic acid  were measured in 1,4-dioxane and dimethylformamide at 308.15 K. Various acoustical properties such as isentropic compressibility (ks), Rao’s molar sound function (Rm), the Van der Waals constant (b), molar compressibility (W), inter molecular free len...

In this article, curvature effects on elastic thermal buckling of double-walled carbon nanotubes under axially compressed force are investigated using cylindrical shell model. Also, the small scale effect is taken into account in the formulation. The dependence of the interlayer van der Waals (vdW) pressure on the change of the curvatures of the inner and outer tubes at that point is considered...

We investigate the effect of monopolar charge disorder on the classical fluctuation-induced interactions between randomly charged net-neutral dielectric slabs and discuss various generalizations of recent results [A. Naji et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 060601 (2010)] to highly inhomogeneous dielectric systems with and without statistical disorder correlations. We shall focus on the specific case...

The material contained here is intended to supplement and support the information reported in our article, “On a Stochastic Non-relativistic Approach to Gravity as Originating from Vacuum Zero-Point Field van der Waals Forces,” to be published in Phys. Rev. A. The present material can be obtained from the EPAPS homepage (http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html) or from ftp.aip.org in the directo...

We discuss a possible form for a theory akin to local density functional theory, but able to produce van der Waals energies in a natural fashion. The usual Local Density Approximation (LDA) for the exchange and correlation energy Exc of an inhomogeneous electronic system can be derived by making a quasilocal approximation for the interacting density-density response function χ(~r, ~r , ω), then...

It has been long recognized that liquids can spread under the action of disjoining pressure. In the case of a liquid attracted to the solid by van der Waals forces, a precursor film is formed, and there is no well-defined contact line that would give rise to the infamous viscous stress singularity. Nevertheless, the problem remains difficult, due to the divergence of both viscous and disjoining...

We have investigated the performance of popular density functionals that include van der Waals interactions for the experimentally well-characterized problem of ethene (C(2)H(4)) adsorbed on the low-index surfaces of copper. This set of functionals does not only include three van der Waals density functionals-vdwDF-PBE, vdwDF-revPBE and optB86b-vdwDF-and two dispersion-corrected functionals-Gri...

Low-frequency noise is a significant limitation on the performance of nanoscale electronic devices. This limitation is especially important for devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), which have atomically thin bodies and, hence, are severely affected by surface contaminants. Here, we investigate the low-frequency noise of tr...