Fine-Structure Constant Connects Electronic Polarizability and Geometric van-der-Waals Radius of Atoms
Alexandre Tkatchenko, Dmitry V. Fedorov, Matteo Gori
Abstract
is the Bohr radius. The validity of this formula is empirically confirmed by estimating the value of α from nonrelativistic quantum calculations of atomic polarizabilities and atomic vdW radii obtained from both theory and experiment. Our heuristic derivation based on empirical data extends the influence of FSC from quantum electrodynamics and specific materials properties such as the visual transparency of graphene to atomic electronic properties throughout the periodic table of elements.
Topics & Concepts
PolarizabilityBohr radiusvan der Waals forceVan der Waals radiusPhysicsRADIUSQuantum mechanicsAtomic physicsCoupling constantFine-structure constantElectronic structureQuantumQuantum chemistryBohr modelElectronMoleculeSupramolecular chemistryComputer scienceComputer securityGraphene research and applicationsQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir EffectQuantum Mechanics and Applications