Noncontact racK and pinion powered by the lateral Casimir force.
Noncontact racK and pinion powered by the lateral Casimir force.
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DOI：
10.1103/physrevlett.98.140801
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发表时间：
2007-01
影响因子：
8.6
通讯作者：
A. Ashourvan;M. Miri;R. Golestanian
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作者：
A. Ashourvan;M. Miri;R. Golestanian
利用横向卡西米尔力，提出了一种无接触、具有潜在耐磨性的齿条和小齿轮的设计，这种齿条和小齿轮可以被微型化到纳米级。通过在参数空间的不同区域探索小齿轮速度和齿条速度之间的关系，研究了设计的稳健性。此外，还研究了摩擦和外加载荷的影响。结果表明，该装置可以保持极高的速度，而不像通常认为的卡西米尔力是弱相互作用所暗示的那样。
The lateral Casimir force is employed to propose a design for a potentially wear-proof rack and pinion with no contact, which can be miniaturized to the nanoscale. The robustness of the design is studied by exploring the relation between the pinion velocity and the rack velocity in the different domains of the parameter space. The effects of friction and added external load are also examined. It is shown that the device can hold up extremely high velocities, unlike what the general perception of the Casimir force as a weak interaction might suggest.