title: van der Waals radii of noble gases.
abstract: Consistent van der Waals radii are deduced for Ne-Xe, based on the noble gas···oxygen intermolecular distances found in gas phase structures. The set of radii proposed is shown to provide van der Waals distances for a wide variety of noble gas···element atom pairs that represent properly the distribution of distances both in the gas phase and in the solid state. Moreover, these radii show a smooth periodic trend down the group which is parallel to that shown by the halogens.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Information Systems, University of Ulm , 89069 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alvarez