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Lennard-Jones Potential

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In computational chemistry, molecular physics, and physical chemistry, the Lennard-Jones potential is an intermolecular pair potential describing the interaction energy between a pair of neutral atoms or molecules as a function of the distance between them. It is probably the most extensively studied of all intermolecular potentials, serving as an archetype model for simple yet realistic intermolecular interactions, and it is often used as a building block within molecular models of more complex substances. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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In computational chemistry, molecular physics, and physical chemistry, the Lennard-Jones potential (also termed the LJ potential or 12-6 potential; named for John Lennard-Jones) is an intermolecular pair potential.
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