Casimir-Lifshitz force variations across heterogeneous gapped metal surfaces

  • M. Boström*
  • , S. Pal
  • , H. R. Gopidi
  • , S. Osella
  • , A. Gholamhosseinian
  • , G. Palasantzas
  • , O. I. Malyi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Casimir-Lifshitz force is calculated between a heterogeneous gapped metal surface and a silica (gold) sphere attached to an atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever tip. We demonstrate that heterogeneous surface patches with different off-stoichiometry surface properties lead to changes in the predicted distances for a specific force. This can incorrectly be interpreted as occurrences of surface roughness.

Original languageEnglish
Article number045424
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume110
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15-Jul-2024

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