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Casimir force changes sign

Nature volume 419, pages 119–120 (2002)Cite this article

This quantum attractive force induces measurable effects between ultrasmall mechanical components. New calculations indicate that systems could be engineered in which Casimir forces are repulsive.

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Figure 1: A Casimir-like effect at sea.

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  1. the Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, 32000, Israel

    Eyal Buks

  2. the Condensed Matter Physics Group, Caltech 114-36, Pasadena, 91125, California, USA

    Michael L. Roukes

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Buks, E., Roukes, M. Casimir force changes sign. Nature 419, 119–120 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419119a

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