• Casimir quantum levitation tuned by means of material properties and geometries 

      Dou, Maofeng; Lui, F; Boström, Mathias; Brevik, Iver Håkon; Persson, Clas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The Casimir force between two surfaces is attractive in most cases. Although stable suspension of nano-objects has been achieved, the sophisticated geometries make them difficult to be merged with well-established thin ...
    • Lifshitz interaction can promote ice growth at water-silica interfaces 

      Boström, Mathias; Malyi, Oleksandr; Parashar, Prachi; Shajesh, Kuloth Vayalombron; Thiyam, Priyadarshini; Milton, Kimball A.; Persson, Clas; Parsons, Drew F.; Brevik, Iver Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      At air-water interfaces, the Lifshitz interaction by itself does not promote ice growth. On the contrary, we find that the Lifshitz force promotes the growth of an ice film, up to 1–8 nm thickness, near silica-water ...