Sign inversion in the lateral van der Waals force between an anisotropic particle and a plane with a hemispherical protuberance: an exact calculation

We investigate the lateral van der Waals (vdW) force between an anisotropic polarizable particle and a perfectly conducting plane with a hemispherical protuberance with radius R . We predict, via an exact calculation, a sign inversion in the lateral vdW force, in the sense that, instead of pointing...

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Published in:Journal of physics. A, Mathematical and theoretical Mathematical and theoretical, 2023-03, Vol.56 (11), p.115301
Main Authors: Queiroz, Lucas, Nogueira, Edson C M, Alves, Danilo T
Format: Article
Language:English
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exact calculation
lateral van der Waals force
sign inversion
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Summary:We investigate the lateral van der Waals (vdW) force between an anisotropic polarizable particle and a perfectly conducting plane with a hemispherical protuberance with radius R . We predict, via an exact calculation, a sign inversion in the lateral vdW force, in the sense that, instead of pointing to the protuberance, in certain situations this force points to the opposite direction. In the literature, predictions of sign inversions in the lateral vdW force were based on perturbative solutions, valid when the height of the protuberance is very small when compared to the distance z 0 between the particle and the plane. Here, taking into account exact formulas, we investigate how such nontrivial geometric effect depends on the ratio R / z 0 , and how the particle orientation and anisotropy affect this sign inversion.
ISSN:1751-8113
1751-8121
DOI:10.1088/1751-8121/acb4c7