Claim: Van der Waals force, named after Dutch scientist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, bind molecular solids together.
Evidence: In molecular physics, the van der Waals force, named after Dutch scientist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, is a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules. Unlike ionic or covalent bonds, these attractions do not result from a chemical electronic bond; they are comparatively weak and therefore more susceptible to disturbance.