Charge-induced fluctuation forces in graphitic nanostructures [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description:
- Article numbers 011,004 : digital, PDF file
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- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- 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.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:1242383
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/21/2016.
Physical Review. X 6 1 ISSN 2160-3308; PRXHAE AM
D. Drosdoff; Igor V. Bondarev; Allan Widom; Rudolf Podgornik; Lilia M. Woods.
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States) - Funding Information:
- FG02-06ER46297
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