Van der Waals, Casimir, and Lifshitz forces in soft matter
Abstract
E M Lifshitz's theory of fluctuation molecular forces (Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz., Vol. 29, p. 94, 1955 [Sov. Phys. JETP, Vol. 2, 73, 1956]) and related problems are introduced from a historical perspective. Applications of the theory to soft matter physics are discussed, together with some new predictions (for example, the stability of smectic or cholesteric liquid crystal films).
- Publication:
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Physics Uspekhi
- Pub Date:
- September 2015
- DOI:
- 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201509g.0964
- Bibcode:
- 2015PhyU...58..892K