Intermolecular Forces: From Atoms and Molecules to Nanostructures

Dear Colleagues,

Intermolecular forces are at the core of the building up process of the formation of complex chemical structures. The aim of this Special Issue is to underline the relationship between intermolecular forces and other properties across different scales. The characterization of the different types of intermolecular forces is important in order to assess their role in the formation of simple gaseous adducts, clusters, and nanostructures. This constitutes a challenge for both experimentalists and theoreticians that will open new avenues in the study of increasingly complex systems.

This Special Issue aims to contribute to the awareness of the state-of-the-art research on intermolecular forces. Accordingly, it is expected to publish work that falls within the following lines of research and related topics:

- Theoretical methods and experimental techniques to evaluate molecular interactions;

- Potential models for describing intermolecular interactions;

- Fingerprints of hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions;

- Cooperative and selective processes involving inter- and intramolecular interactions;

- Intermolecular forces, microscopic and macroscopic properties;

- Microsolvation and the formation of clusters;

- Highlighting the role of intermolecular forces in molecular self-assembly to build nanostructures.

Prof. Dr. Jorge M. C. Marques
Prof. Dr. Frederico Vasconcellos Prudente
Prof. Dr. Fernando Pirani
Guest Editors

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