Numerical Evaluation of the van der Waals Forces of Interaction between Two Macroscopic Bodies

1 November 1962

journal article
conference paper
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 37 (9) , 2147-2148
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1733437

Abstract

The Lifshitz function Φ(ε₁₀, ε₂₀) is evaluated numerically over a wide range of static dielectric constants (ε₁₀, ε₂₀) of the interacting bodies. This function enables the calculation of the van der Waals interaction force between two macroscopic bodies separated by short distances under certain restrictive conditions as to distance of separation and temperature.

Keywords

VAN DER WAALS FORCE
VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT

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