Published December 2, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Fluctuation-induced forces between rough surfaces

  • 1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA)

Description

External boundaries change the fluctuations of a correlated fluid, such as a liquid crystal, thereby causing long-range interactions. We compute how the interaction between two parallel plates is modified by the deformations of one plate. Corrections to the leading interaction decay with the average separation of the plates through an exponent related to the roughness of the boundary. These interactions may also modify the surface fluctuations of thin liquid films

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
23
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
3275-3278
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23020772
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CASIMIR EFFECT; CORRELATIONS; FLUCTUATIONS; FLUIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; ROUGHNESS; SUPERFLUIDITY
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS