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Main Authors: Klimchitskaya, G. L., Korotkov, A. S., Loboda, V. V., Mostepanenko, V. M.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14377
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author Klimchitskaya, G. L.
Korotkov, A. S.
Loboda, V. V.
Mostepanenko, V. M.
author_facet Klimchitskaya, G. L.
Korotkov, A. S.
Loboda, V. V.
Mostepanenko, V. M.
contents The cantilever tip of a nanoswitch in close proximity to the ground plate is considered with account of electrostatic, elastic, van der Waals (Casimir), and also contact repulsive forces. The van der Waals (Casimir) and contact repulsive forces are computed for a Si cantilever and either Au or Ni ground plates using the Lifshitz theory and the method of pairwise summation with account of surface roughness. It is shown that at short separations an impact of the van der Waals (Casimir) force leads to the pull-in and collapse of a cantilever onto the ground plate if the contact repulsion is disregarded. Taking into consideration contact repulsion, the nanoswitch is demonstrated to have the stable cyclic behavior with no pull-in when switching voltage on and off.
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spellingShingle Pull-in features of nanoswitches in the Casimir regime with account of contact repulsion
Klimchitskaya, G. L.
Korotkov, A. S.
Loboda, V. V.
Mostepanenko, V. M.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
The cantilever tip of a nanoswitch in close proximity to the ground plate is considered with account of electrostatic, elastic, van der Waals (Casimir), and also contact repulsive forces. The van der Waals (Casimir) and contact repulsive forces are computed for a Si cantilever and either Au or Ni ground plates using the Lifshitz theory and the method of pairwise summation with account of surface roughness. It is shown that at short separations an impact of the van der Waals (Casimir) force leads to the pull-in and collapse of a cantilever onto the ground plate if the contact repulsion is disregarded. Taking into consideration contact repulsion, the nanoswitch is demonstrated to have the stable cyclic behavior with no pull-in when switching voltage on and off.
title Pull-in features of nanoswitches in the Casimir regime with account of contact repulsion
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14377