On the van der Waals interaction of carbon nanocones

► Investigation of the van der Waals interaction of two concentric and eccentric carbon nanocones. ► Presenting a new semi-analytical solution for evaluating the van der Waals interaction of two concentric carbon nanocones. ► Presenting a numerical solution for evaluating the van der Waals interaction of two eccentric carbon nanocones. ► Presentation of a universal potential energy for the nested carbon nanocones.