2012/09/03 by Anh D. Phan, Lilia M. Woods, D. Drosdoff +4 · 45 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Buoyancy #Casimir effect #Casimir pressure #Chemical physics #Classical mechanics #Condensed matter physics #Graphene #Materials science #Mechanics #Nanotechnology #Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Suspension (topology) #Thermal #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #Thermal equilibrium #Thermal fluctuations #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.4752745
published in Applied Physics Letters 101(11) (American Institute of Physics) · 5 pages, 4 figures, in APL production 2012
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Thermal effects contributing to the Casimir interaction between objects are usually small at room temperature, and they are difficult to separate from quantum mechanical contributions. We propose that the thermal Casimir force effect can be observed for a graphene flake suspended in a fluid between substrates at the room temperature regime. The properly chosen materials for the substrates and fluid induce a Casimir repulsion. The balance with the other forces, such as gravity and buoyancy, results in a stable temperature dependent equilibrium separation. The suspended graphene is a promising system due to its potential for observing thermal Casimir effects at room temperature.