Proximity force approximation for the Casimir energy as a derivative expansion

CD Fosco, FC Lombardo, FD Mazzitelli - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields …, 2011 - APS
The proximity force approximation (PFA) has been widely used as a tool to evaluate the
Casimir force between smooth objects at small distances. In spite of being intuitively easy to …

Dynamic instability analysis of doubly clamped cylindrical nanowires in the presence of Casimir attraction and surface effects using modified couple stress theory

HM Sedighi, A Bozorgmehri - Acta Mechanica, 2016 - Springer
The dynamic instability of free-standing size-dependent nanowires by considering the
Casimir force and surface effects is investigated in the following research work. The study is …

Rippling effect on the structural response of electrostatically actuated single-walled carbon nanotube based NEMS actuators

HM Ouakad, HM Sedighi - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
Several nonlinear phenomena have shown to have significant effect on the
electromechanical performance of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) based …

Corrections beyond the proximity force approximation

LP Teo, M Bordag, V Nikolaev - … Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2011 - APS
We recalculate the first analytic correction beyond proximity force approximation for a sphere
in front of a plane for a scalar field and for the electromagnetic field. We use the method of …

Derivative-expansion approach to the interaction between close surfaces

CD Fosco, FC Lombardo, FD Mazzitelli - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
The derivative-expansion approach to the calculation of the interaction between two
surfaces is a generalization of the proximity force approximation, a technique in widespread …

A modified model for dynamic instability of CNT based actuators by considering rippling deformation, tip-charge concentration and Casimir attraction

HM Sedighi, N Farjam - Microsystem technologies, 2017 - Springer
The tip charge concentration and rippling phenomenon can substantially affect the
electromechanical performance of actuators fabricated from cantilever carbon nanotube …

Casimir interaction between a cylinder and a plate at finite temperature:<? format?> Exact results and comparison to proximity force approximation

LP Teo - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2011 - APS
We study the finite temperature Casimir interaction between a cylinder and a plate using the
exact formula derived from the Matsubara representation and the functional determinant …

Universality versus material dependence of fluctuation forces between metallic wires

E Noruzifar, T Emig, R Zandi - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2011 - APS
We calculate the Casimir interaction between two parallel wires and between a wire and a
metal plate. The dielectric properties of the objects are described by the plasma, Drude, and …

First analytic correction to the proximity force approximation in the Casimir effect<? format?> between two parallel cylinders

LP Teo - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2011 - APS
We consider the small separation asymptotic expansions of the Casimir interaction energy
and the Casimir interaction force between two parallel cylinders. The leading order terms …

First analytic correction beyond the proximity force approximation in the Casimir effect<? format?> for the electromagnetic field in sphere-plane geometry

M Bordag, V Nikolaev - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2010 - APS
We consider the vacuum energy for a configuration of a sphere in front of a plane, both
obeying the conductor boundary condition, at small separation. For the separation becoming …