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I propose that an interpretation of the interaction of noble gas atoms with metal surfaces as predominantly physisorbing provides the best explanation for the systematics of their binding energies and surface dipoles, as well as for the tendency of noble gas atoms to bind in low coordinated sites. In the present context physisorption is defined as a process driven by the overlap of the electrostatic atomic potentials of the interacting species.
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Müller, J. Nature of the short-range interaction between noble gas atoms and metal surfaces. Appl. Phys. A 87, 433–434 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-3952-6
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