short-range potential

C14906
concept

A short-range potential is an interaction whose strength falls off rapidly with distance, becoming negligible beyond a finite or characteristic range compared to the system’s relevant length scales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
short-range potential canonical 1
van der Waals force 1

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
London dispersion forces van der Waals force
Yukawa potential