van der Waals force

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van der Waals force, in physics and chemistry, is the attractive or repulsive force between molecules other than those due to covalent bonds (when atoms bond due to the sharing of pairs of electrons) or ionic bonds (a bond formed by the attraction between two oppositely charged ions; normally between metals and non-metals).

There are technologies that are able to apply the Van der Waals Force on heavy objects so it can cling to walls. Around 2004, Otacon stumbled upon some research that reportedly was able to suspend an object weighing 100 grams using a 5 millimeter square piece of tape. He believed this technology later evolved into what the Gekko's, the FROGS and Vamp used to cling to walls and other surfaces.

A real-life technology currently in development by DARPA dealing with nanotechnology aims to enable use of Van Der Waals Force. Called the Z-Man Experiment, the goal is to provide soldiers with a reliable and convenient method of scaling vertical surfaces with a full combat load [1].

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• van der Waals force on Wikipedia