A vacuum may be devoid of matter, but its shape is still important. The strength of the Casimir force caused by quantum fluctuations in the space between surfaces is critically dependent on their nanometre-scale shape.
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Lambrecht, A. Shaping the void. Nature 454, 836–837 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454836a
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