Long range interactions in nanoscale science

RH French, VA Parsegian, R Podgornik, RF Rajter… - Reviews of Modern …, 2010 - APS
Our understanding of the “long range” electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions
that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond …

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 …

Virtual photons in imaginary time: Computing exact Casimir forces via standard numerical electromagnetism techniques

A Rodriguez, M Ibanescu, D Iannuzzi… - Physical Review A …, 2007 - APS
We describe a numerical method to compute Casimir forces in arbitrary geometries, for
arbitrary dielectric and metallic materials, with arbitrary accuracy (given sufficient …

Classical and fluctuation‐induced electromagnetic interactions in micron‐scale systems: designer bonding, antibonding, and Casimir forces

AW Rodriguez, PC Hui, DP Woolf… - Annalen der …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Whether intentionally introduced to exert control over particles and macroscopic objects,
such as for trap** or cooling, or whether arising from the quantum and thermal fluctuations …

Numerical methods for computing Casimir interactions

SG Johnson - Casimir physics, 2011 - Springer
We review several different approaches for computing Casimir forces and related fluctuation-
induced interactions between bodies of arbitrary shapes and materials. The relationships …

Nonmonotonic effects of parallel sidewalls on Casimir forces between cylinders

SJ Rahi, AW Rodriguez, T Emig, RL Jaffe… - Physical Review A …, 2008 - APS
We analyze the Casimir force between two parallel infinite metal cylinders with nearby metal
plates using two methods. Surprisingly, the attractive force between cylinders depends …

Computations of Lifshitz–van der Waals interaction energies between irregular particles and surfaces at all separations for resuspension modelling

A Priye, WH Marlow - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The phenomenon of particle resuspension plays a vital role in numerous fields. Among
many aspects of particle resuspension dynamics, a dominant concern is the accurate …

Improved finite-difference computation of the van der Waals force: One-dimensional case

F Pinto - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2009 - APS
We present an improved demonstration of the calculation of Casimir forces in one-
dimensional systems based on the recently proposed numerical imaginary frequency …

Optical-approximation analysis of sidewall-spacing effects on the force between two squares with parallel sidewalls

S Zaheer, AW Rodriguez, SG Johnson, RL Jaffe - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2007 - APS
Using the ray-optics approximation, we analyze the Casimir force in a two-dimensional
domain formed by two metallic blocks adjacent to parallel metallic sidewalls, which are …

CasimirSim—A Tool to Compute Casimir Polder Forces for Nontrivial 3D Geometries

R Sedmik, M Tajmar - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The so‐called Casimir effect is one of the most interesting macro‐quantum effects. Being
negligible on the macro‐scale it becomes a governing factor below structure sizes of 1 μm …