Lifshitz theory of van der Waals pressure in dissipative media

Journal Article · Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.042504· OSTI ID:21544611

Yi, Zheng; Narayanaswamy, Arvind ^[1]

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1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)

We derive a first-principles method of determining the van der Waals or Casimir pressure in a dissipative and dispersive planar multilayered system by calculating the Maxwell stress tensor in a fictitious layer of vacuum, that is eventually made to vanish, introduced in the structure. This is illustrated by calculating the van der Waals pressure in a thin film with dissipative properties embedded between two semi-infinite media.

• OSTI ID: 21544611
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.042504; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STRESSES
TENSORS
THIN FILMS
VAN DER WAALS FORCES
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