Dispersion forces beyond the quantum vacuum: From quantum precision to quantumcontrol in nanotechnology

最初的项目旨在发展一个全面的理论的基础上的宏观量子电动力学的色散力。要包括的重要方面是微观精度，复杂的几何形状和材料，连续介质，非平凡的原子和场状态和移动机构。该项目的研究结果以及最近在拓扑材料领域取得的成功，使人们开始关注不沿相互作用物体表面的法向作用的色散力。为了说明这些发展，本延续项目旨在发展非法向色散力理论。其中包括A。横向分散力和分散扭矩和B.耗散色散力，如量子摩擦力和量子摩擦力矩。延续项目与原始项目密切相关，其结果建立在复杂材料、非平凡原子态和运动物体的基础上。它有望首次实现量子摩擦和Casimir扭矩的实验检测，并开辟了新的光机械驱动方案的前景。

The original project was aimed towards developing a comprehensive theory of dispersion forces on the basis of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics. Important aspects to be included were microscopic precision, complex geometries and materials, continuous media, non-trivial atomic and field states and moving bodies. The findings of this project together with recent successes in the field of topological materials have led to a focus on dispersion forces which do not act in the normal direction with respect to the surface of the interacting objects.To account for these developments, this continuation project is aimed at developing a theory of non-normal dispersion forces. These includeA. Lateral dispersion forces and dispersion torques andB. Dissipative dispersion forces such as quantum friction and quantum frictional torques.The continuation project is intimately related to the original project by building on its results with respect to complex materials, non-trivial atomic states and moving objects. It holds the promise to enable an experimental detection of quantum friction and Casimir torques for the first time and opens the perspective of new optomechanical actuation schemes.