Quantum-Mechanical Relation between Atomic Dipole Polarizability and the van der Waals Radius

Dmitry V. Fedorov, Mainak Sadhukhan, Martin Stöhr +1

The atomic dipole polarizability, $\alpha$, and the van der Waals (vdW) radius, $R_{\mathrm{vdW}}$, are two key quantities to describe vdW interactions between atoms in molecules and materia…