The Casimir force between real materials: Experiment and theory

GL Klimchitskaya, U Mohideen… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2009 - APS
The physical origin of the Casimir force is connected with the existence of zero-point and
thermal fluctuations. The Casimir effect is very general and finds applications in various …

[BOOK][B] Advances in the Casimir effect

M Bordag, GL Klimchitskaya, U Mohideen… - 2009 - books.google.com
The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the
quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies. For the benefit of …

Materials perspective on Casimir and van der Waals interactions

LM Woods, DAR Dalvit, A Tkatchenko… - Reviews of Modern …, 2016 - APS
Interactions induced by electromagnetic fluctuations, such as van der Waals and Casimir
forces, are of universal nature present at any length scale between any types of systems …

Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure<? format?> between two gold-coated plates

RS Decca, D López, E Fischbach… - Physical Review D …, 2007 - APS
A micromechanical torsion oscillator has been used to strengthen the limits on new Yukawa
forces by determining the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates. By significantly …

Review of modeling electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical systems

RC Batra, M Porfiri, D Spinello - Smart Materials and Structures, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A wide range of microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs) and devices are actuated using
electrostatic forces. Multiphysics modeling is required, since coupling among different fields …

Thermal near-field radiative transfer between two spheres

A Narayanaswamy, G Chen - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
Radiative energy transfer between closely spaced bodies is known to be significantly larger
than that predicted by classical radiative transfer because of tunneling due to evanescent …

Novel constraints on light elementary particles and extra-dimensional physics from the Casimir effect

RS Decca, D López, E Fischbach… - The European Physical …, 2007 - Springer
We present supplementary information on the recent indirect measurement of the Casimir
pressure between two parallel plates using a micromachined oscillator. The equivalent …

Dispersion forces in macroscopic quantum electrodynamics

SY Buhmann, DG Welsch - Progress in quantum electronics, 2007 - Elsevier
The description of dispersion forces within the framework of macroscopic quantum
electrodynamics in linear, dispersing and absorbing media combines the benefits of …

Control of the Casimir force by the modification of dielectric properties with light

F Chen, GL Klimchitskaya, VM Mostepanenko… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
The experimental demonstration of the modification of the Casimir force [Proc. K. Ned. Akad.
Wet. 51, 793 (1948)] between a gold coated sphere and a single-crystal Si membrane by …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced-order models for microelectromechanical rectangular and circular plates incorporating the Casimir force

RC Batra, M Porfiri, D Spinello - International Journal of Solids and …, 2008 - Elsevier
We consider the von Kármán nonlinearity and the Casimir force to develop reduced-order
models for prestressed clamped rectangular and circular electrostatically actuated …