This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on van der Waals and Casimir–Polder forces. Journal articles, books, and other documents are cited on the following topics: Nonretarded or van der Waals forces, retarded dispersion forces or Casimir–Polder forces between atoms or molecules, Casimir–Polder forces between a molecule and a dielectric or conducting body, the summation of Casimir–Polder forces as leading to the Casimir and Lifshitz forces between conducting and dielectric bodies, Casimir friction, applications to nanotechnology, the nature of the quantum vacuum, and experimental tests of the theory of Casimir and Casimir–Polder and van der Waals forces.

Topics
Dark energy, Nanotechnology, Van der Waals forces, Educational assessment, Quantum vacuum states, Quantum fluctuations, Casimir effect, Books, Scholarly publishing, ArXiv
© 2011 American Association of Physics Teachers.
2011
American Association of Physics Teachers
AAPT members receive access to the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher as a member benefit. To learn more about this member benefit and becoming an AAPT member, visit the Joining AAPT page.