The
Casimir force, which was predicted in 1948 by Casimir [10], is a ZP fluctuation-induced attractive force between closely spaced metal or dielectric plates placed in a vacuum.
Lamoreaux, "Demonstration of the
casimir force in the 0.6 to 6 pm range," Physical Review Letters, vol.
The
Casimir force calculation of various geometries and materials has been a topic of great recent interest.
The influence of
Casimir force on the pull-in instability of nano- and microsystems has been investigated by many researchers.
It should be mentioned that (11) was used in the early calculations of the
Casimir force, for instance in [8], to perform the limit of vanishing regularization parameter.
While other media outlets focused on the looming risen cliff or baby news from the British royal family, the weekly Science News staff meeting was abuzz with talk of potential uses for hagfish slime and a renewed interest in the mysterious
Casimir force (contributing editor Alexandra Witze expects to fill readers in with a story in the coming year).
He knew that as devices became smaller and smaller, they would fall prey to what is known as the
Casimir force, an attractive force that comes into play when two very tiny metallic surfaces make very close contact.
The simplest way to imagine the
Casimir force in action is to place two parallel metal plates in a vacuum.
Professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Thomas Philbin have been investigating a natural phenomenon known as the
Casimir force.