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Inhomogeneity-Induced Casimir Transport of Nanoparticles
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- Bao, Fanglin (author)
- South China Normal Univ, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Opt Informat Mat & Technol, South China Acad Adv Optoelect, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China.
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- Shi, Kezhang (author)
- Zhejiang Univ, Natl Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrumentat, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res,JORCEP,Coll Opt Sci &, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.
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- Cao, Guanjun (author)
- South China Normal Univ, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Opt Informat Mat & Technol, South China Acad Adv Optoelect, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China.
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- Evans, Julian S. (author)
- Zhejiang Univ, Natl Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrumentat, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res,JORCEP,Coll Opt Sci &, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.
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- He, Sailing (author)
- KTH,Elektroteknisk teori och konstruktion,South China Normal Univ, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Opt Informat Mat & Technol, South China Acad Adv Optoelect, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China.;Zhejiang Univ, Natl Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrumentat, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res,JORCEP,Coll Opt Sci &, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
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South China Normal Univ, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Opt Informat Mat & Technol, South China Acad Adv Optoelect, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China Zhejiang Univ, Natl Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrumentat, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res,JORCEP,Coll Opt Sci &, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China. (creator_code:org_t)
- American Physical Society, 2018
- 2018
- English.
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In: Physical Review Letters. - : American Physical Society. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 121:13
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- We propose a scheme for transporting nanoparticles immersed in a fluid, relying on quantum vacuum fluctuations. The mechanism lies in the inhomogeneity-induced lateral Casimir force between a nanoparticle and a gradient metasurface and the relaxation of the conventional Dzyaloshinskii-Lifshitz-Pitaevskii constraint, which allows quantum levitation for a broader class of material configurations. The velocity for a nanosphere levitated above a grating is calculated and can be up to a few microns per minute. The Born approximation gives general expressions for the Casimir energy which reveal size-selective transport. For any given metasurface, a certain particle-metasurface separation exists where the transport velocity peaks, forming a "Casimir passage." The sign and strength of the Casimir interactions can be tuned by the shapes of liquid-air menisci, potentially allowing real-time control of an otherwise passive force, and enabling interesting on-off or directional switching of the transport process.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)
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