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EVIDENCE RECORD / R11

Casimir Force Control Enabled by 3D Nanostructures

Measured sphere interactions with pillars, hollow cylinders and arrays support geometry-dependent force control.

JOURNAL / 2025

C. Shelden, B. Spreng, J. L. Garrett, T. S. Rahman, J. Kim, J. N. Munday

What this supports

Measured sphere interactions with pillars, hollow cylinders and arrays support geometry-dependent force control.

What it does not establish

No net vehicle thrust; ideal flat-plate calculations cannot reproduce arbitrary shapes.

Access and verification

publisher-indexed abstract and figure description

Publisher full text blocked and PMC returned challenge. Do not claim figure-level numerical reproduction. Bibliographic citation: Nano Letters 25, 9254–9261.

Evidence location: Abstract and Figure 1 description

Countries: Not verified. Checked 2026-10-21. Experimental replication: not performed.

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