Jones Beenesaid on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:17
The covalent bond, especially in nickel or palladium would be weak to begin
with, so a sequential shuttling, back and
forth between those two, could exploit any asymmetry based on such things as
geometric (Casimir) time distortion. Furthermore, in contrast to electrostatic
or ionic bonds, the strength of covalency depends on the angular relation
between the atoms, which is affected by confinement.
Jones,
My reference to "Van Der Walls on one side and covalent bonding
on the other" was from Grabowski . I would have suggested Casimir geometry on
one side and any type of diatomic bonding on the other (hydrogen, ionic or
covalent).
You also said "the strength of covalency depends on the angular relation
between the atoms, which is affected by confinement". I more than just agree
with you - beyond physical confinement a relativistic interpretation of Casimir
effect and this angular relationship would oppose the motion of atoms with
diatomic bonds because this angular relationship is fixed and the orbitals are
not free to translate to fractional values. I am not saying a diatomic can't
form on these types of surfaces but that fractional diatomic bonds will form
and then shuttle back and forth between different fractional states
proportional to changes in EM suppression / ZPE.
Regards
Fran
