Universal amplitudes of the Casimir-like interactions between four types of rods in fluid membranes

Anne-Florence Bitbol (1) , Kévin Sin Ronia (1) , Jean-Baptiste Fournier (1)

1 MSC - Matière et Systèmes Complexes

The fluctuation-induced, Casimir-like interaction between two parallel rods of length L adsorbed on a fluid membrane is calculated analytically at short separations d ≪ L.

Domaines: Matière Molle [cond-mat.soft]

Anne-Florence Bitbol, Kévin Sin Ronia, Jean-Baptiste Fournier. Universal amplitudes of the Casimir-like interactions between four types of rods in fluid membranes. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2011, 96, pp.40013. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/96/40013⟩. ⟨hal-00658526⟩