Strong casimir force reduction through metallic surface nanostructuring

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Intravaia, Francesco ^a   Koev, Stephan ^b,c   Jung, Il Woong ^d   Talin, A Alec ^b   Davids, Paul S ^e   Decca, Ricardo S ^f   Aksyuk, Vladimir A ^b   Dalvit, Diego A R ^a   López, Daniel ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

FORCE; METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEPARATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFABRICATION; OBJECT MANIPULATION; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84885101204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3515     Document Type: Article

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