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Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect

dc.contributor.authorWoolf, David
dc.contributor.authorMcCauley, Alexander Patrick
dc.contributor.authorCapasso, Federico
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Wong, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorJoannopoulos, John
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Steven G
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-07T18:51:42Z
dc.date.available2010-09-07T18:51:42Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.date.submitted2010-04
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58477
dc.description.abstractWe propose a method of achieving large temperature T sensitivity in the Casimir force that involves measuring the stable separation between dielectric objects immersed in a fluid. We study the Casimir force between slabs and spheres using realistic material models, and find large >2  nm/K variations in their stable separations (hundreds of nanometers) near room temperature. In addition, we analyze the effects of Brownian motion on suspended objects, and show that the average separation is also sensitive to changes in T. Finally, this approach also leads to rich qualitative phenomena, such as irreversible transitions, from suspension to stiction, as T is varied.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. Army Research Office (ISN under Contract No. W911NF-07-D-0004)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER25308)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipDefence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Contract N66001-09-1-2070-DOD)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.060401en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAxelrod, Scotten_US
dc.titleAchieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationRodriguez, Alejandro W. et al. “Achieving a Strongly Temperature-Dependent Casimir Effect.” Physical Review Letters 105.6 (2010): 060401. ©2010 The American Physical Society.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologiesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physicsen_US
dc.contributor.approverRodriguez, Alejandro W.
dc.contributor.mitauthorRodriguez, Alejandro W.
dc.contributor.mitauthorMcCauley, Alexander Patrick
dc.contributor.mitauthorJoannopoulos, John D.
dc.contributor.mitauthorJohnson, Steven G.
dc.relation.journalPhysical Review Lettersen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsRodriguez, Alejandro; Woolf, David; McCauley, Alexander; Capasso, Federico; Joannopoulos, John; Johnson, Stevenen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-4967
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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