Overview
- This book deals with forces in the nanoscale acting on nanostructures
- It covers the state-of-the-art in dispersion forces and related quantum physical calculations
- Integrates the basic theoretical physics and experimental effects
- Useful reference for researchers and text for graduate students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 247)
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Dispersion forces acting on both atoms and bodies play a key role in modern nanotechnology. As demonstrated in this book, macroscopic quantum electrodynamics provides a powerful method for understanding and quantifying dispersion forces in a vast range of realistic scenarios. The basic physical concepts and theoretical steps allow for the derivation of outlined general expressions for dispersion forces. As illustrated by a number of examples, these expressions can easily be used to study forces between objects of various shapes and materials, including effects like material absorption, nontrivial magnetic properties and dynamical forces asssociated with excited systems.
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Book Title: Dispersion Forces I
Book Subtitle: Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics and Ground-State Casimir, Casimir–Polder and van der Waals Forces
Authors: Stefan Yoshi Buhmann
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32484-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32483-3Published: 07 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44832-4Published: 07 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32484-0Published: 31 January 2013
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 330
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nanotechnology, Structural Materials, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics