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Non-sticky interactions

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Quantum mechanical fluctuations of the electromagnetic field in a vacuum between two close together objects result in an attractive force. Now, it has been experimentally shown that by exploiting a similar repulsive interaction, attraction between objects can be modulated simply by tuning temperature.

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Fig. 1: The Casimir effect and its extensions.

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  2. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, ICMSE-CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Victoria Esteso Carrizo

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