Van der Waals, Casimir, and Lifshitz forces in soft matter

E.M. Lifshitz' 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, stability of smectic or cholesteric liquid crystal films).

Keywords: longrange forces, dispersion interactions, fluctuation forces, liquid crystals
PACS: 61.30.Cz, 64.70.M−, 68.35.B− (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201509g.0964
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/9/f/
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Citation: Kats E I "Van der Waals, Casimir, and Lifshitz forces in soft matter" Phys. Usp. 58 892–896 (2015)

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@article{Kats:2015,
	author = {E. I. Kats},
	title = {Van der Waals, Casimir, and Lifshitz forces in soft matter},
	publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},
	year = {2015},
	journal = {Phys. Usp.},
	volume = {58},
	number = {9},
	pages = {892-896},
	url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/9/f/},
	doi = {10.3367/UFNe.0185.201509g.0964}
}

Received: 29th, March 2015, accepted: 26th, March 2015

Оригинал: Кац Е И «Силы Ван-дер-Ваальса, Казимира и Лифшица в мягкой материи» УФН 185 964–969 (2015); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201509g.0964

E.M. Lifshitz is author of Physics-Uspekhi