Weak dispersive forces between glass-gold macroscopic surfaces in alcohols

Details Weak dispersive forces between glass-gold macroscopic surfaces in alcohols Weak dispersive forces between glass-gold macroscopic surfaces in alcohols

2009-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/0904.0622v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

19 pages, 7 figures

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In this work we concentrate on an experimental validation of the Lifshitz theory for van der Waals and Casimir forces in gold-alcohol-glass systems. From this theory weak dispersive forces are predicted when the dielectric properties of the intervening medium become comparable to one of the interacting surfaces. Using inverse colloid probe atomic force microscopy dispersive forces were measured occasionally and under controlled conditions by addition of salt to screen the electrostatic double layer force if present. The dispersive force was found to be attractive, and an order of magnitude weaker than that in air. Although the theoretical description of the forces becomes less precise for these systems even with full knowledge of the dielectric properties, we find still our results in reasonable agreement with Lifshitz theory.

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