Dear Colleagues,

There will be a Focus Session entitled "van der Waals Interactions in Molecules, Materials, and Complex Environments" at the upcoming virtual APS March Meeting, March 15-19, 2021.

The aim of this Focus Session is to cover state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental approaches for gaining a fundamental understanding of van der Waals (vdW) interactions in a range of systems spanning molecules (e.g., intra- and inter-molecular vdW interactions, molecular dimers and clusters), materials (e.g., molecular crystals, insulators, semiconductors, metals, surfaces), as well as complex environments (e.g., in the presence of solvent, electromagnetic fields, finite thermodynamic conditions).

We hope that you and your group members will participate in the vdW Focus Session by submitting an abstract by October 23, 2020. Since this year's APS meeting will be virtual, this is a unique opportunity for students and postdocs to showcase their work.  

Sincerely,

Robert A. DiStasio Jr. (Cornell University)

Noa Marom (Carnegie Mellon University)

Matthias Scheffler (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)