title: Designing van der Waals Forces between Nanocolloids.
abstract: van der Waals (VDW) dispersion forces are often calculated between colloidal particles by combining the Dzyaloshinskii-Lifshitz-Pitaevskii (DLP) theory with the Derjaguin approximation; however, several limitations prevent using this method for nanocolloids. Here we use the Axilrod-Teller-Muto 3-body formulation to predict VDW forces between spherical, cubic, and core-shell nanoparticles in a vacuum. Results suggest heuristics for "designing" nanocolloids to have improved stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16803, USA.
authors.forename: Silvina M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gatica
authors.forename: Milton W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Darrell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Velegol