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Thermal effects contributing to the Casimir interaction between objects are usually small at room temperature and they are difficult to separate from quantum mechanical contributions at higher temperatures. We propose that the thermal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Anh D. Phan , Lilia M. Woods , D. Drosdoff , I. V. Bondarev , N. A. Viet

The van de Waals interaction between two graphene sheets is studied at finite temperatures. Graphene's thermal length $(\xi_T = \hbar v / k_B T)$ controls the force versus distance $(z)$ as a crossover from the zero temperature results for…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-28 G. Gómez-Santos

We consider the interaction between a spherical plasma sheet and a planar plasma sheet due to the vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic fields. We use the mode summation approach to derive the Casimir interaction energy and study its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 L. P. Teo

We analyse the interaction between charges and graphene layers. The electric polarisability of graphene induces a force, that can be described by an image charge. The analysis shows that graphene can be described as an imperfect conductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-27 Francisco Guinea , Niels R. Walet

For the moment, there is no exact description of van der Waals (vdW) interactions. ACFD-RPA \cite{Gould1} is expected to better describe vdW bonding, but it is not exact. The PBE/DFT-D2 method is less satisfactory, however, its results are…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-07-15 Xiaobin Chen , Fuyang Tian , Clas Persson , Wenhui Duan , Nanxian Chen

We analyze the Casimir interaction of doped graphene. To this end we derive a simple expression for the finite temperature polarization tensor with a chemical potential. It is found that doping leads to a strong enhancement of the Casimir…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 M. Bordag , I. Fialkovsky , D. Vassilevich

This work presents a survey of mechanical models describing van der Waals interactions between 2D materials, encompassing both continuous elastomer-like materials and discrete (crystalline) 2D materials such as graphene. These interactions…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Gourav Yadav , Shakti S. Gupta , Roger A. Sauer

The low-energy quasi-excitations in graphene are known to be described as Dirac fermions in 2+1 dimensions. Adopting field-theoretical approach we investigate the interaction of these quasi-particles with 3+1 dimensional electromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-18 M. Bordag , I. V. Fialkovsky , D. M. Gitman , D. V. Vassilevich

We review modern achievements and problems in physics of the van der Waals and Casimir forces which arise due to zero-point and thermal fluctuations of the electromagnetic field between closely spaced material surfaces. This subject…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-10 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko

The numerically exact evaluation of the van der Waals interaction, also known as Casimir interaction when including retardation effects, constitutes a challenging task. We present a new approach based on the plane-wave basis and demonstrate…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-07-13 Benjamin Spreng , Paulo A. Maia Neto , Gert-Ludwig Ingold

A differential measurement scheme is proposed which allows for a clear observation of the giant thermal effect for the Casimir force, that was recently predicted to occur in graphene systems at short separation distances. The difference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-03 G. Bimonte , G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko

In earlier papers we have applied multiple scattering techniques to calculate Casimir forces due to scalar fields between different bodies described by delta function potentials. When the coupling to the potentials became weak, closed-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Kimball A. Milton , Prachi Parashar , Jef Wagner

In this work the induced van der Waals interaction between a pair of neutral atoms or molecules is considered by use of a statistical mechanical method. Commonly this interaction is obtained by standard quantum mechanical perturbation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Johan S. Høye

We develop a discretized theory of thermal Casimir interactions to numerically calculate the interactions between fluctuating dielectrics. From a constrained partition function we derive a surface free energy, while handling divergences…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Pasquali , F. Nitti , A. C. Maggs

We study the interaction between a neutral atom or molecule and a conductor-patched dielectric surface. We model this system by a perfectly reflecting disc lying atop of a non-dispersive dielectric half-space, both interacting with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Claudia Eberlein , Robert Zietal

The comparison studies of theoretical approaches to the description of the Casimir interaction in layered systems including graphene is performed. It is shown that at zero temperature the approach using the polarization tensor leads to the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-07 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko , Bo E. Sernelius

We develop an open-system dynamical theory of the Casimir interaction between coherent atomic waves and a material surface. The system --- the external atomic waves --- disturbs the environment --- the electromagnetic field and the atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-27 François Impens , Claudio Ccapa Ttira , Ryan O. Behunin , Paulo A. Maia Neto

The long-range interaction between two atoms and the long-range interaction between an ion and an electron are compared at small and large intersystem separations. The vacuum dressed atom formalism is applied and found to provide a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-09-17 James F. Babb

The retarded dispersion interaction (Casimir interaction) between two dilute dielectric media at high temperatures is considered. The excited atoms are taken into account. It is shown that the perturbation technique can not be applied to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yury Sherkunov

The out-of-thermal-equilibrium Casimir-Polder force between nanoparticles and dielectric substrates coated with gapped graphene is considered in the framework of the Dirac model using the formalism of the polarization tensor. This is an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Galina L. Klimchitskaya , Constantine C. Korikov , Vladimir M. Mostepanenko , Oleg Yu. Tsybin