Summary

I.      Casimir force:                 

 High precision experimental confirmation with scanning probes:      

 MEM device applications require control of this force (stiction)                         

II.     Repulsion?

 Metamaterials, als invisibility cloaks:     

 Geometry: 

III.   Earnshaw's theorem:             

  No levitation is possible with electrostatic interactions:  

 No levitation is possible with Casimir forces with dielectric composites: 

IV.  Heat radiation:

 Classical radiation pressure:                                

      Non-classical (near field) counterpart                      

V.   Propulsive force:

      Contactless heat engine:                          

VI.    Friction of vacuum::                

Acknowledgments

Thosten Emig, Matthias Krüger, Noah Graham, Robert Jaffe

Jamal Rahi, Mohammad Maghrebi, Vlad Golyk, David Gelbwaser, Dhruv Shah

M. Hertzberg, A. Scardicchio, A. Rodriguez, S. Johnson, U. Mohideen, R. Zandi

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