Microscopic derivation of macroscopic van der waals forces. II

✍ Scribed by B.R.A. Nijboer; M.J. Renne

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1968
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 260 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(68)80141-1

✦ Synopsis

In continuation of earlier work. an atomistic derivation is given of Lifshitz' formula for the non-retarded Van der Waals interaction between two semi-infinite dieIectric media. In the derivation an atom is supposed to consist of a number of isotropic harmonic oscillators.