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    "abstract": "The lateral Casimir force is employed to propose a design for a potentially\nwear-proof rack and pinion with no contact, which can be miniaturized to\nnano-scale. The robustness of the design is studied by exploring the relation\nbetween the pinion velocity and the rack velocity in the different domains of\nthe parameter space. The effects of friction and added external load are also\nexamined. It is shown that the device can hold up extremely high velocities,\nunlike what the general perception of the Casimir force as a weak interaction\nmight suggest.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0701212",
    "authors": [
      "Arash Ashourvan",
      "MirFaez Miri",
      "Ramin Golestanian"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph",
      "cond-mat.stat-mech",
      "physics.atom-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.140801",
    "journal_ref": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 140801 (2007)",
    "title": "Non-contact rack and pinion powered by the lateral Casimir force",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701212"
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