Chemical bond

cosmos 4th November 2016 at 2:43pm
Molecule
  • Ionic interactions Electronic transfer of electrons between atoms makes them ions which attract via the Coulomb interaction, so 1/r1/r and isotropic. It is 100kBT\sim 100 k_B T. However, interaction is strongly modified in a solution, due to screening (similar to Debye screening in Plasma physics).
  • Covalent bonds. Due to shared electrons that are attracted to both nuclei (or sometimes a few nuclei, in molecules). These are the most common bonds in molecules (see Molecular physics). They are short-ranged and highly directional (anistropic). They are 30 to 100kBT\sim 30\text{ to }100 k_B T at room TT.
  • Metallic bonds, are an special case of covalent bond, where electrons are delocalized over macroscopic regions. Commons in metals.
  • “vibrational” chemical bond. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemists-confirm-the-existence-of-new-type-of-bond/