El Efecto Casimir en un sistema de bicapas lipídicas

Abstract

The Casimir Effect is a phenomenon studied in different branches of physics like nanotechnology, astrophysics and biophysics systems. This work was focused in a bi-layer lipid system upon which a theoretical recompilation of the manifestation of the Casimir Effect on a cellular membrane was performed and to achieve that, it was necessary to breakdown the harmonic oscillator paradigm in the classic regime and shift into the quantic regime. This was done to understand the way in which the electromagnetic field quantizes in the vacuum and then obtain a mathematical expression that correlates the Casimir Effect applying interface conditions. Lastly, alternating the interface conditions it is possible to explain the interaction in the cellular membrane as a consequence of the Casimir Effect.