A Better Way Forward in Predicting How Atoms Interact (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

A Better Way Forward in Predicting How Atoms Interact

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UD doctoral student Muhammed Shahbaz (left) and his adviser, Prof. Krzysztof Szalewicz, have shown that the "fudge factors" commonly used with a theory for predicting how atoms will interact are actually based on a faulty assumption.

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Evan Krape

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