This review aims at providing a comprehensive and updated picture of the field of hyperbolic
metamaterials, from the foundations to the most recent progresses and future perspectives …

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 …

Axions are hypothetical particles that were proposed to solve the strong charge–parity
problem in high-energy physics. Although they have long been known in quantum field …

As mechanical structures enter the nanoscale regime, the influence of van der Waals forces
increases. Graphene is attractive for nanomechanical systems, because its Young's …

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 …

Abstract In 1948, Hendrik Casimir predicted that a generalized version of van der Waals
forces would arise between two metal plates due to quantum fluctuations of the …

Quantum fluctuations create intermolecular forces that pervade macroscopic bodies,,. At
molecular separations of a few nanometres or less, these interactions are the familiar van …

Our understanding of the “long range” electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions
that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond …

Quantum optics combines classical electrodynamics with quantum mechanics to describe
how light interacts with material on the nanoscale, and many of the tricks and techniques …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the geometry of light and the concepts of
transformation optics. Transformation optics is beginning to transform optics. The chapter …