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Enlarged Molecules from Excited Atoms in Nanochannels
Mathias Boström, Iver Brevik, Bo E. Sernelius +3
The resonance interaction that takes place in planar nanochannels between pairs of excited state atoms is explored. We consider interactions in channels of silica, zinc oxide and g…
Sign of the Casimir-Polder interaction between atoms and oil-water interfaces: Subtle dependence on dielectric properties
Mathias Boström, Simen Å. Ellingsen, Iver Brevik +2
We demonstrate that Casimir-Polder energies between noble gas atoms (dissolved in water) and oil-water interfaces are highly surface specific. Both repulsion (e.g. hexane) and attr…
Ultrathin Metallic Coatings Can Induce Quantum Levitation between Nanosurfaces
Mathias Boström, Barry W. Ninham, Iver Brevik +3
There is an attractive Casimir-Lifshitz force between two silica surfaces in a liquid (bromobenze or toluene). We demonstrate that adding an ultrathin (5-50Å) metallic nanocoating…
Attractive double-layer forces between neutral hydrophobic and neutral hydrophilic surfaces
Eduardo R. A. Lima, Mathias Boström, Nadine Schwierz +2
The interaction between surface patches of proteins with different surface properties has a vital role to play driving conformational changes of proteins in different salt solution…
Retardation turns the van der Waals attraction into Casimir repulsion already at 3 nm
Mathias Boström, Bo E. Sernelius, Iver Brevik +1
Casimir forces between surfaces immersed in bromobenzene have recently been measured by Munday et al. Attractive Casimir forces were found between gold surfaces. The forces were re…
Repulsive van der Waals forces due to hydrogen exposure on bilayer Graphene
Mathias Boström, Bo E. Sernelius
We consider the effect of atomic hydrogen exposure to a system of two undoped sheets of graphene grown near a silica surface (the first adsorbed to the surface and the second frees…