Orbital occupation is characterized by a probability function and thus electrons sometimes cluster on one side of a molecule.
Orbital occupation is characterized by a probability function and thus electrons sometimes cluster on one side of a molecule. This partial charge imbalance can induce a temporary dipole in neighboring neutral molecules that in turn cause short-lived attractions between those molecules. FTP, what is this type of molecular interaction which contributes to the total effect of van der Waals forces and which is named for a Polish-born physicist, not a European capital?
Orbital occupation is characterized by a probability function and thus electrons sometimes cluster on one side of a molecule.
{London} Dispersion Forces (prompt on “dispersion”)