Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 3 Local and Global Casimir Energies: Divergences, Renormalization, and the Coupling to Gravity

Chapter 4 Casimir Effect in the Scattering Approach: Correlations Between Material Properties, Temperature and Geometry

Chapter 5 Geometry and Material Effects in Casimir Physics-Scattering Theory

Chapter 6 Numerical Methods for Computing Casimir Interactions

Chapter 7 Progress in Experimental Measurements of the Surface–Surface Casimir Force: Electrostatic Calibrations and Limitations to Accuracy

Chapter 8 Attractive and Repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz Forces, QED Torques, and Applications to Nanomachines

Chapter 9 Casimir Force in Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems

Chapter 10 Characterization of Optical Properties and Surface Roughness Profiles: The Casimir Force Between Real Materials

Chapter 11 Fluctuation-Induced Forces Between Atoms and Surfaces: The Casimir–Polder Interaction

Chapter 12 Modern Experiments on Atom-Surface Casimir Physics

Chapter 13 Fluctuations, Dissipation and the Dynamical Casimir Effect