[HTML][HTML] Perturbative light–matter interactions; from first principles to inverse design

N Westerberg, R Bennett - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Our experience of the world around us is governed almost entirely by light–matter
interactions. At the most fundamental level, such interactions are described by quantum …

Full-spectrum high-resolution modeling of the dielectric function of water

J Fiedler, M Boström, C Persson, I Brevik… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In view of the vital role of water, exact knowledge of its dielectric function over a large
frequency range is important. We report on currently available measurements of the …

The case for a Casimir cosmology

U Leonhardt - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The cosmological constant, also known as dark energy, was believed to be caused by
vacuum fluctuations, but naive calculations give results in stark disagreement with fact. In the …

Van der Waals chain: A simple model for Casimir forces in dielectrics

H Hörner, LM Rachbauer, S Rotter, U Leonhardt - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The Casimir force between dielectric bodies is well-understood, but not the Casimir force
inside a dielectric, in particular its renormalization. We develop and analyze a simple model …

Premelting of ice adsorbed on a rock surface

V Esteso, S Carretero-Palacios… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering ice-premelting on a quartz rock surface (ie silica) we calculate the Lifshitz
excess pressures in a four layer system with rock–ice–water–air. Our calculations give …

Comparison of theory and experiments on van der waals forces in media—a survey

FA Burger, RW Corkery, SY Buhmann… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a critical overview comparing theoretical predictions and measurements of van
der Waals dispersion forces in media on the basis of the respective Hamaker constants. To …

Macroscopic quantum electrodynamics and density functional theory approaches to dispersion interactions between fullerenes

S Das, J Fiedler, O Stauffert, M Walter… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The processing and material properties of commercial organic semiconductors, for eg
fullerenes is largely controlled by their precise arrangements, specially intermolecular …

[HTML][HTML] Effective screening of medium-assisted van der Waals interactions between embedded particles

J Fiedler, M Walter, SY Buhmann - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of an implicit medium on dispersive interactions of particle pairs is discussed, and
simple expressions for the correction relative to vacuum are derived. We show that a single …

Dispersion forces in inhomogeneous planarly layered media: A one-dimensional model for effective polarizabilities

J Fiedler, F Spallek, P Thiyam, C Persson, M Boström… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Dispersion forces such as van der Waals forces between two microscopic particles, the
Casimir-Polder forces between a particle and a macroscopic object, or the Casimir force …

Nontrivial retardation effects in dispersion forces: from anomalous distance dependence to novel traps

J Fiedler, K Berland, F Spallek, I Brevik, C Persson… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
In the study of dispersion forces, nonretarded, retarded, and thermal asymptotes with their
distinct scaling laws are regarded as cornerstone results governing interactions at different …