London force and energy transportation between interfacial surfaces

David S. Bradshaw; Jamie M. Leeder; Justo Rodríguez; David L. Andrews

doi:10.1117/12.796083

21 August 2008 London force and energy transportation between interfacial surfaces

David S. Bradshaw, Jamie M. Leeder, Justo Rodríguez, David L. Andrews

Proceedings Volume 7034, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials VII; 703408 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796083
Event: NanoScience + Engineering, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

With appropriately selected optical frequencies, pulses of radiation propagating through a system of chemically distinct and organized components can produce areas of spatially selective excitation. This paper focuses on a system in which there are two absorptive components, each one represented by surface adsorbates arrayed on a pair of juxtaposed interfaces. The adsorbates are chosen to be chemically distinct from the material of the underlying surface. On promotion of any adsorbate molecule to an electronic excited state, its local electronic environment is duly modified, and its London interaction with nearest neighbor molecules becomes accommodated to the new potential energy landscape. If the absorbed energy then transfers to a neighboring adsorbate of another species, so that the latter acquires the excitation, the local electronic environment changes and compensating motion can be expected to occur. Physically, this is achieved through a mechanism of photon absorption and emission by molecular pairs, and by the engagement of resonance transfer of energy between them. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the possibility of optically effecting such modifications to the London force between neutral adsorbates, based on quantum electrodynamics (QED). Thus, a precise link is established between the transfer of excitation and ensuing mechanical effects.

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David S. Bradshaw, Jamie M. Leeder, Justo Rodríguez, and David L. Andrews "London force and energy transportation between interfacial surfaces", Proc. SPIE 7034, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials VII, 703408 (21 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796083

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