@article {158,
	title = {Casimir-Polder force between anisotropic nanoparticles and gently curved surfaces},
	journal = {Physical Review D},
	volume = {92},
	year = {2015},
	month = {Jul-17-2015},
	abstract = {<p>The Casimir--Polder interaction between an anisotropic particle and a surface is orientation dependent. We study novel orientational effects that arise due to curvature of the surface for distances much smaller than the radii of curvature by employing a derivative expansion. For nanoparticles we derive a general short distance expansion of the interaction potential in terms of their dipolar polarizabilities. Explicit results are presented for nano-spheroids made of SiO2 and gold, both at zero and at finite temperatures. The preferred orientation of the particle is strongly dependent on curvature, temperature, as well as material properties.</p>
},
	issn = {1550-7998},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.92.025028},
	author = {Bimonte, Giuseppe and Emig, Thorsten and Kardar, Mehran}
}
