Non-contact rack and pinion powered by the lateral Casimir force
arXiv:quant-ph/0701212 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.140801
Abstract
The lateral Casimir force is employed to propose a design for a potentially wear-proof rack and pinion with no contact, which can be miniaturized to nano-scale. The robustness of the design is studied by exploring the relation between the pinion velocity and the rack velocity in the different domains of the parameter space. The effects of friction and added external load are also examined. It is shown that the device can hold up extremely high velocities, unlike what the general perception of the Casimir force as a weak interaction might suggest.
4 pages, submitted for publication on 17 Jan 07
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