  Theorists of entropic (emergent) gravity put forward that what has been
regarded as unobserved dark matter might instead be the product of quantum
effects that can be looked at as emergent energy (EE). Here we describe a novel
Schr\"odringer mechanism (SM). This SM uncovers the existence of new quantum
gravitational states that could be associated to the above mentioned EE.
  This is done on the basis of the microscopic Verlinde-like entropic force
advanced in [Physica A {\bf 511} (2018) 139], that deviates from the Newton's
form at extremely short distances.
