Resource Letter VWCPF-1: Van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces

TL;DR

This Resource Letter offers a comprehensive guide to literature on van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces, covering theoretical foundations, experimental tests, and applications in nanotechnology.

Contribution

It compiles and summarizes key literature on van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces, serving as a valuable reference for researchers.

Findings

Extensive literature on van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces compiled.

Summarizes experimental tests of Casimir and van der Waals forces.

Discusses applications in nanotechnology and quantum vacuum.

Abstract

This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on van der Waals and Casimir-Polder forces. Journal articles, books, and other documents are cited on the following topics: van der Waals forces, retarded dispersion forces or Casimir-Polder forces between atoms or molecules, Casimir-Polder forces between a molecule and a dielectric or conducting body, the summation of Casimir-Polder forces as leading to the Casimir and Lifshitz forces between conducting and dielectric bodies, Casimir friction, applications to nanotechnology, the nature of the quantum vacuum, and experimental tests of the theory of Casimir and Casimir-Polder and van der Waals forces.