Patent ID: 6661576
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H02N,Y10S

Abstract:
An article for controlling a dispersion force comprising:a first member comprising a first periodic structure, wherein said first periodic structure is operative to omni-directionally reflect a first group of spectral components of said dispersion force at which random oscillations of an electromagnetic field contribute to a repulsing behavior or an attracting behavior of said dispersion force; and a second member comprising a second periodic structure, wherein said second periodic structure is operative to omni-directionally reflect a second group of spectral components of said dispersion force; wherein: said first member and said second member are disposed in spaced relation to one another; at least some of said spectral components from said first group and said second group are the same; and said same spectral components contribute to the same selected one of said repulsing behavior or said attracting behavior, as manifested between said first member and said second member.