interatomic

[ in-ter-uh-tom-ik ]

adjective

1. between atoms.

interatomic

/ ˌɪntərəˈtɒmɪk /

adjective

1. existing or occurring between or among atoms Compare intra-atomic

Word History and Origins

Origin of interatomic¹

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + atomic

Example Sentences

Ian Cardillo-Zallo, a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, who was responsible for the preparation and analysis of these materials, says: "Krypton atoms can be released from the fullerene cavities by fusing the carbon cages. This can be achieved by heating at 1200oC or irradiating with an electron beam. Interatomic bonding between Kr atoms and their dynamic gas-like behaviour can both be studied in a single TEM experiment."

From Science Daily

"For future projects, we intend to combine the emerging machine-learning approach with highly accurate simulations and develop interatomic interaction potentials based on deep neural networks. This will allow us to perform molecular simulations with high accuracy at large scales with significantly reduced computational costs," said Xinyou Ma, who carried out the simulations.

From Science Daily

We look forward to cranking up the interatomic interaction strength in the lab and seeing what happens.

From Scientific American

The first step towards this goal is the reconstruction of interatomic potential-energy landscapes from highly displaced nuclei8.

From Nature

For an electron in a solid, the potential-energy landscape changes this parabola into an energy band that resembles the parabola at small momenta but flattens out when the electronic wavefunction reaches a momentum comparable to the inverse of the interatomic distance in the lattice.

From Nature