Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science

Journal Article · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2009 · Reviews of Modern Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.82.1887· OSTI ID:1045870

French, Roger H ^[1]; Parsegian, V Adrian ^[2]; Podgonik, Rudolph ^[2]; Rajter, Rick ^[3]; Jagota, Anand ^[4]; Luo, Jian ^[5]; Asthagiri, Dilip ^[6]; Chaudhury, Manoj ^[4]; Chiang, Yet-Ming ^[3]; Granick, Steve ^[7]; Kalinin, Sergei V ^[8]; Kardar, Mehran ^[3]; Kjellander, Roland ^[9]; Langreth, David C. ^[10]; Lewis, Jennifer ^[7]; Lustig, Steve ^[1]; Wesolowski, David J ^[8]; Wettlaufer, John ^[11]; Ching, Wai-Yim ^[12]; Finnis, Mike ^[13] ; Houlihan, Frank ^[14]; Von Lilienfeld, O. Anatole ^[15]; Van Oss, Carel ^[16]; Zemb, Thomas ^[17]

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1. DuPont Company
2. National Institutes of Health
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
4. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
5. Clemson University
6. Johns Hopkins University
7. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
8. ORNL
9. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
10. Rutgers University
11. Yale University
12. University of Missouri
13. Imperial College, London
14. AZ Electronic Materials Corporation, USA
15. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
16. University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
17. Institut de Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux, France

Our understanding of the long range electrodynamic, electrostatic, and polar interactions that dominate the organization of small objects at separations beyond an interatomic bond length is reviewed. From this basic-forces perspective, a large number of systems are described from which one can learn about these organizing forces and how to modulate them. The many practical systems that harness these nanoscale forces are then surveyed. The survey reveals not only the promise of new devices and materials, but also the possibility of designing them more effectively.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1045870
• Journal Information: Reviews of Modern Physics, Journal Name: Reviews of Modern Physics Vol. 82; ISSN 0034-6861; ISSN RMPHAT
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BOND LENGTHS
INTERACTION RANGE
ORGANIZING