Charge-Induced Fluctuation Forces in Graphitic Nanostructures

Drosdoff, D.; Bondarev, Igor V.; Widom, Allan; Podgornik, Rudolf; Woods, Lilia M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011004

Title: Charge-Induced Fluctuation Forces in Graphitic Nanostructures

Journal Article · Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review. X

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011004· OSTI ID:1235595

Drosdoff, D.; Bondarev, Igor V.; Widom, Allan; Podgornik, Rudolf; Woods, Lilia M.

Charge fluctuations in nanocircuits with capacitor components are shown to give rise to a novel type of long-ranged interaction, which coexist with the regular Casimir–van derWaals force. The developed theory distinguishes between thermal and quantum mechanical effects, and it is applied to capacitors involving graphene nanostructures. The charge fluctuations mechanism is captured via the capacitance of the system with geometrical and quantum mechanical components. The dependence on the distance separation, temperature, size, and response properties of the system shows that this type of force can have a comparable and even dominant effect to the Casimir interaction. Lastly, our results strongly indicate that fluctuation-induced interactions due to various thermodynamic quantities can have important thermal and quantum mechanical contributions at the microscale and the nanoscale.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46297; SC0008176

OSTI ID:: 1235595

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1242383

Journal Information:: Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2160-3308

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Language:: English

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