A recent study by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences redefines how liquids maintain their contact with solid surfaces—also known as wettability—from an intermolecular force perspective.

Supramolecular chemistry involves the study of self-assembly of discrete molecules that are used to build large functional structures. Often, these molecules are allowed to self-assemble into ...

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 assembly and stability of molecular complexes are governed by a delicate balance of intermolecular forces. These noncovalent interactions span a spectrum from directional hydrogen bonds to the ...

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 ...

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 ...