How to Use intermolecular in a Sentence

intermolecular

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• That’s because single-network elastomers, the pliable polymers that can stretch and rebound due to weak intermolecular bonds, have tended to act in an either/or fashion.
  — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
• When two metallic surfaces get too close, intense intermolecular adhesive forces snap them together permanently.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
• First, the presence of abundant fluorine atoms leads to strong intermolecular interactions with beta-blocker molecules.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
• The diamondoid molecules that Melosh and his colleagues used for this study provided a unique combination of strong intermolecular attractions along with a group of atoms that take up just the right amount of space, according to Melosh.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2016
• Cells seem able to conduct this kind of computation very efficiently, creating little energy dissipation and relying, in part, on the intrinsic thermodynamics of intermolecular interactions.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026