[HTML][HTML] Critical casimir effect: Exact results

DM Dantchev, S Dietrich - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
In any medium there are fluctuations due to temperature or due to the quantum nature of its
constituents. If a material body is immersed into such a medium, its shape and the properties …

On Casimir and Helmholtz fluctuation-induced forces in micro-and nano-systems: Survey of some basic results

D Dantchev - Entropy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fluctuations are omnipresent; they exist in any matter, due either to its quantum nature or to
its nonzero temperature. In the current review, we briefly cover the quantum electrodynamic …

The modified couple stress functionally graded cylindrical thin shell formulation

Y Tadi Beni, F Mehralian… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, the functionally graded (FG) cylindrical thin shell formulation is developed by
using modified couple stress theory. The equations of motion and classical and nonclassical …

A new model for the cantilever MEMS actuator in magnetorheological elastomer cored sandwich form considering the fringing field and Casimir effects

H Akhavan, M Ghadiri, A Zajkani - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study of the instability created by the pull-in voltage on electrostatic NEMS/MEMS
devices have been studied by many researchers during the recent years. In the present …

Modeling the nonlinear pull-in behavior of tunable nano-switches

M SoltanRezaee, M Afrashi - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Double-sided nano-devices can potentially be used as tuning switches and variable
capacitors. In this paper, the pull-in behavior of double-sided cantilever nano-wires …

A Brief Survey of Fluctuation-induced Interactions in Micro-and Nano-systems and One Exactly Solvable Model as Example

D Dantchev, N Tonchev - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.17109, 2024 - arxiv.org
Fluctuations exist in any material object $ A $. If $ A $ has non-zero temperature $ T $, one
speaks about thermal fluctuations. If $ A $ is at very low $ T $, the fluctuations are of …

The influence of dispersion forces on the size-dependent pull-in instability of general cantilever nano-beams containing geometrical non-linearity

M SoltanRezaee, A Farrokhabadi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
While, the effects of ground electrode architecture on the vibration response and instability of
nano-switches have considered in a few studies, no attention has been paid to study the …

An improved model for the cantilever NEMS actuator including the surface energy, fringing field and Casimir effects

A Farrokhabadi, A Mohebshahedin, R Rach… - Physica E: Low …, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of the surface energy on the instability of nano-structures under the
electrostatic force has been investigated in recent years by different researchers. It appears …

Analytical determination of size-dependent natural frequencies of fully clamped rectangular microplates based on the modified couple stress theory

AR Askari, M Tahani - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents an analytical and size-dependent model for vibrational analysis of fully
clamped rectangular microplates. Modified couple stress theory (MCST) and the Kirchhoff …

Analytical estimates of the pull-in voltage for carbon nanotubes considering tip-charge concentration and intermolecular forces

G Bianchi, E Radi - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
Two-side accurate analytical estimates of the pull-in parameters of a carbon nanotube
switch clamped at one end under electrostatic actuation are provided by considering the …