Bo E. Sernelius, Ph.D., Docent, Professor
 

Position:
       Professor in Theoretical Physics
Address:
       Dept. of Physics and Measurement Technology
       Linköping University
       S-581 83 Linköping
       SWEDEN
E-mail:
       bos@ifm.liu.se
Room:
       G408
Phone:
       +46 - 13 - 28 17 24
Fax:
       +46 - 13 - 13 75 68

Research Projects:
       Basic and applied many-particle physics
       Dispersion forces
       NANOCASE, an EU funded project to study one of the most fundamental forces in the universe:
        The Casimir force arises directly from the quantum zero point energy of the vacuum.
        The ultimate goal of the project is to use the Casimir force to produce a contactless transmission in a nano-machine.

Courses:
 Many-Particle Physics
 Fundamentals of Surface Modes :Theory and Applications TFYY70 , TFYY71, Reklam. Add for the course
ELMA , Elektromagnetisk fältteori och vågutbredning. TFYY67
Elektromagnetism, TFYA48 o LIFYA4
 

Books: Surface Modes in Physics, Wiley-VCH, Berlin 2001. Leaflet.

S. Wongmanerod, Bo E. Sernelius, P. O. Holtz, B. Monemar, O. Mauritz, K. Reginski, and M. Bugajski, Many-Body Effects in Highly p-type Modulation Doped GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 61, 2794. (2000).

C. Persson, U. Lindefelt, B. Sernelius, Plasma-induced band gap shifts in  3C-, 2H-, 4H-, 6H-SiC, and Si , Solid-state-electronics 44 , 471-476 (2000).

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Temperature effects on the Casimir attraction between a pair of quantum wells, Microelectronic Engineering, 51-52,  287-97, (2000).

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Comment on "Calculation of the Casimir force between imperfectly conducting plates", Phys. Rev. A 61, 046101 (2000).

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Van der Waals energy of an atom in the proximity of thin metal films, Phys. Rev. A 61, 052703 (2000).

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Thermal effects on the Casimir force in the 0.1-5 mym range, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4757, (2000).

M. Boström, Van der Waals and Casimir interactions near metal films, PhD Thesis at Linköping University (2000)

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Retardation enhanced van der Waals force between thin metal films, Phys. Rev. B 62, 7523 (2000).

C. Moysés Araújo, J. Souza Almeida, I. Pepe, A. Ferreira da Silva, Bo E. Sernelius, J. P. de Souza, and H. Boudinov, Band-gap shift of the heavily single and double-donor systems Si:Bi and Si:P,Bi , Phys. Rev. B 62, 12882 (2000).

Bergman, J.P.; Monemar, B.; Pozina, G.; Sernelius, B.E.; Holtz, P.O.; Amano, H.; Akasaki, I., Radiative recombination in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells, Materials Science Forum; vol.338-342, pt.2, p.1571-4 (2000).

Bo E. Sernelius, Theory for nonequilibrium van der Waals and Casimir forces, abstract for APS March meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA 2001.

Bo E. Sernelius, Surface Modes in Physics, Wiley-VCH 2001.

J. R. L. Fernandez, C. Moyses Araujo, A. Ferreira da Silva, J. R. Leite,  Bo E. Sernelius, A. Tabata,  E. Abramof, V. A. Chitta, C. Persson, R. Ahuja, I. Pepe, D. J. As, T. Frey, D. Schikora, and L K. Lischka, Electrical resistivity and band-gap shift of Si-doped GaN and metal-nonmetal transition in cubic GaN, InN and AlN systems, J. Cryst. Growth 231, 420 (2001).

Bo E. Sernelius, Sernelius Replies, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 139102-1 (2001)

C. Persson, Bo E. Sernelius, A. Ferreira da Silva, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson, Effective electron and hole masses in intrinsic and heavily n-type doped GaN and AlN,  J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 13, 8915 (2001).

A. Ferreira da Silva, C. Moyses Araujo, C. Persson, Bo E. Sernelius, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson, Influence of Si-doping on optical properties of wurtzite GaN, J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 13, 8891 (2001).

Bo E. Sernelius and M. Boström, Comment on: Casimir Force at Both Nonzero Temperature and Finite Conductivity, by M. Bordag, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 503 (2000), Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 259101 (2001).

C. Moysés Araújo,  J. R. L. Fernandez,  A. Ferreira da Silva , I. Pepe, J. R. Leite,  Bo E. Sernelius,  A. Tabata ,  C. Persson , R. Ahuja, D. J. As,  and K. Lischka : Electrical resistivity, MNM transition and band-gap narrowing of cubic GaN:Si, Microelectronics Journal 33, 365-369 (2002).

C. Persson, Bo E. Sernelius, A. Ferreira da Silva, C. Moysés Araújo, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson, Optical and reduced band gap in n- and p-type GaN and AlN, J. Appl. Phys 92, 3207 (2002).

A. L. Chernyshev, B. Sernelius, R. F. Wood,  Phonon anomalies and acoustical plasmons, American physical Society 2002

R. F. Wood, Bo E. Sernelius, and A. L. Chernyshev, Acoustical Plasmons and Phonon Anomalies in MgB₂ , Phys. Rev. B 66, 014513 (2002).

Bo E. Sernelius, Strong Enhancement of Dispersion Forces from Microwave Radiation,  Europhysics Letters, 60, 643 (2002).

Anna-Lena Larsson, Bo E. Sernelius, Gunnar Niklasson, Optical absorption in Li-intercalated polycrystalline tungsten oxide films: Comparison to large polaron theory, abstract for IME-5, Golden, August 2002.

Bo E. Sernelius, Effects of microwave radiation on biological tissue: forces between blood cells, Medicintekniska konferensen 8-9 oktober 2002, Stockholm.

Bo E. Sernelius,  van der Waals and Casimir Forces: Effects of finite temperature and dissipation, invited talk at the workshop: Casimir Forces: Recent Developments in Experiment and Theory, at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Nov. 14-16, 2002.

Patrick Norman, Auayporn Jiemchooroj, Bo E. Sernelius, Polarization propagator caculations of the polarization tensor at imaginary frequencies and long-range interactions for the noble gases and n-alkanes, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 9167(2003).

Anna-Lena Larsson, Bo E. Sernelius, Gunnar Niklasson, Optical absorption in Li-intercalated polycrystalline tungsten oxide films: Comparison to large polaron theory, Solid State Ionics 165/1-4, 35-41 (2003).

Bo E. Sernelius,  "Can cellular phones be harmful?" In search of the lost effect, invited talk at the symposium: Frontiers in condensed matter theory, at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, April 11-13, 2003.

Bo E. Sernelius,  Possible induced enhancement of dispersion forces by cellular phones, abstract for 17th conference of the European Colloid and Interface Sciences Society, Firenze, Sept. 21-26, 2003.

Bo E. Sernelius, van der Waals and Casimir forces between metals and the Nernst heat theorem, invited talk at the Sixth Workshop on quantum field theory under the influence of external conditions held at the University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK USA, September 15-19, 2003.

Auayporn Jiemchooroj, Patrick Norman, Mathias Boström, Bo E. Sernelius, Theoretical Excess Polarizabilities for Closed Shell Ions in Water , abstract for 17th conference of the European Colloid and Interface Sciences Society, Firenze, Sept. 21-26, 2003.

A. Ferreira da Silva, I. Pepe, N. Souza Dantas, C. Persson, R. Ahuja, H. Arwin, O. P. A. Lindquist, Bo E. Sernelius, J. P. de Souza, D. J. As, and K. Lischka, Optical Properties of n-type GaN:Si and p-type GaAs:C , Abstract for the 11th Brazilian workshop on Semiconductor Physics (BWSP 2003), Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil, March 9-14, 2003.

A. Ferreira da Silva, I. Pepe, Denis G. F. David, N. Souza Dantas, C. Persson, R. Ahuja, H. Arwin, Bo E. Sernelius, J. P. de Souza, D. J. As, J. Souza de Almeida, A. J. da Silva, P. Norman, C. Moyses Araujo, E. A. de Andrada eSilva, J. A. Freitas, A. C. de Oliviera, and A. G. de Oliviera , Optical Properties of n-type cubic GaN, n- and p-type GaAs, SiCPolytypes, PbI2, SbxBi1-xI3, AlxGa1-xAs and spin polarization, Abstract for the Second Meeting on Semiconducting Nanodevices Nanostructured Materials- Natal (Brazil) April 3-4, 2003.

Bo E. Sernelius and M. Boström, Entropy of the Casimir Effect for Real Metal Surfaces, submitted manuscript.

J. R. L. Fernandez, A. Ferreira da Silva, J. R. Leite, A. Tabata, Bo E. Sernelius, E. Abramof, V. A. Chitta, C. Persson, D. J. As, T. Frey, D. Schikora, and K. Lischka, Metal-nonmetal transition in Si-doped cubic GaN, InN, and AlN systems and electrical resistivity of GaN, manuscript .

J. R. L. Fernandez, A. Ferreira da Silva, J. R. Leite, A. Tabata, Bo E. Sernelius, E. Abramof, V. A. Chitta, C. Persson, D. J. As, T. Frey, D. Schikora, and K. Lischka, Transport properties and metal-nonmetal transition in n-type cubic GaN and InN epitaxial layers, manuscript.

Bo E. Sernelius, Nonequilibrium van der Waals and Casimir Forces, manuscript .

S. Wongmanerod, Bo E. Sernelius, P. O. Holtz, and B. Monemar, Multiple subband renormalizations in p-type modulation-doped GaAs/Al _xGa_1-xAs quantum wells, manuscript .

A. Ferreira da Silva, I. Pepe, Bo E. Sernelius,  C. Persson, R. Ahuja, J. P. de Souza, Yoko Suzuki, and Y. Yang: Electrical Resistivity of Acceptor Carbon in GaAs,  Journal of Applied Physics, 95 , 2532 (2004).

A. Jiemchooroj, Bo E. Sernelius, P. Norman,   C ₆ Dipole-Dipole Dispersion Coefficients for the n-Alkanes: Test of an Additivity Procedure, Phys. Rev. A69, 044701 (2004).

H. Haratizadeh, B. Monear, P. P. Paskov, J. P. Bergman, B. E. Sernelius, P. O. Holtz, M. Iwaya, S. Kamiyama, H. Amano, and I. Akasaki, Photoluminescence sudy of Si.doped GaN/Al_0.07Ga_0.93N multiple quantum wells with different dopant position, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 5071 (2004).

Bo E. Sernelius and M. Boström,  Dispersion forces between real metal plates at finite temperature and the Nernst heat theorem , in Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Conditions, Ed. K. A. Milton (Rinton Press, USA, 2004).

Bo E. Sernelius,  Response to the comment by Adair on: Possible induced enhancement of dispersion forces by cellular phones , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,  6, 3916-3916 (2004).

Bo E. Sernelius,  Response to the comment by Balzano on: Possible induced enhancement of dispersion forces by cellular phones , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,  6, 3918-3918 (2004).

M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius,  Entropy of the Casimir effect between real metal plates, Physica A339, 53, 2004.

Patrick Norman, Auayporn Jiemchooroj, Bo E. Sernelius, First principle calculations of dipole-dipole dispersion coefficients for the ground and first "pi to pi star" excited states of some azabenzenes, in Computational aspects of electric polarizability calculations: Atoms molecules and clusters, Ed. G. Maroulis (IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2004).

Bo E. Sernelius, Unconventional approach to biological effects of EMF, abstract for invited talk to the UNESCO/WHO Seminar on EMF effects, Yerevan, Armenia, March 1-2, 2005.

Bo E. Sernelius, Can the radiation from cellular phones have important effects on the forces between biological-tissue-components? , abstract for invited talk to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yerevan, Armenia, March 3-5, 2005.

Bo E. Sernelius, Unconventional approach to biological effects of EMF, manuscript to appear in a NATO science series

Bo E. Sernelius, Can the radiation from cellular phones have important effects on the forces between biological-tissue-components? ,  manuscript to appear in a NATO science series

Bo E. Sernelius, Effects of spatial dispersion on electromagnetic surface modes and modes associated with a gap between two half spaces , Phys. Rev. B 71, 235114 (2005).

Bo E. Sernelius, New, important effects from spatial dispersion on the finite-temperature Casimir-force between two metal plates, abstract for invited talk to QED2005, Les Houches Physics Center, June 5 to 9,  2005.

A. Jiemchooroj, P. Norman, and Bo E. Sernelius, Complex polarization propagator method for calculation of dispersion coefficients for pi-conjugated systems - the C₆ coefficients of polyacenes and C₆₀, Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, 124312 (2005).

Bo E. Sernelius, Full inclusion of spatial dispersion resolves the controversy regarding the finite-temperature Casimir-force between  two metal plates, abstract for talk at QFEXT'05, Barcelona, September 5 to 9,  2005.

Bo E. Sernelius, Can the radiation from cellular phones have important effects on the forces between biological-tissue-components?,  in "Bioelectromagnetics: Current Concepts", Eds. S. N. Ayrapetyan and M. S. Markov, (Springer, The Netherlands 2006) p 355-366.

Bo E. Sernelius, Finite-temperature Casimir-force between metal plates: Full inclusion of spatial dispersion resolves a long-standing controversy,
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 No 21 (26 May 2006) 6741-6752.

A. Jiemchooroj, P. Norman, and Bo E. Sernelius, Electric dipole polarizabilities of C₆ dipole-dipole dispersion coefficients for sodium clusters and C₆₀, Journal of Chemical Physics, 125,  124306 (2006).

A. Ferreira da Silva, J. Pernot, S. Contreras, Bo E. Sernelius,  C. Persson, J Camassel: Electrical Resistivity and metal-nonmetal transition in n-type doped 4H-SiC,  Phys. Rev. B 74, 245201 (2006).

Bo E. Sernelius, Casimir force and complications in the van Kampen theory for dissipative systems, Phys. Rev. B 74,  233103 (2006).

A. Jiemchooroj, Bo E. Sernelius, and P. Norman, Electric dipole polarizabilities of C₆ dipole-dipole dispersion coefficients for alkali metal clusters and C₆₀, accepted for publication in special JCMSE issue on alkali clusters
  
T. Klein, P. Achatz, J. Kacmarcik, C. Marcenat, F. Gustafsson, J. Marcus, E. Bustarret, J. Pernot, F. Omnes, Bo E. Sernelius, C. Persson, A. Ferreira da Silva, and C. Cytermann,
Metal-insulator transition and superconductivity in boron-doped diamond, Pysical Review B 75, 165313 (2007).

B. Monemar and Bo E. Sernelius, Defect related issues in the “current roll-off” in InGaN based light emitting diodes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 181103 (2007).

Bo E. Sernelius, Energy spectrum of electromagnetic normal modes in dissipative media, Presentation at QFTEX2007 in Leipzig, September 2007.

Carlos Román and Bo E. Sernelius, A numerical study of the role of structure and geometry in the vdW interaction between particles, Presentation at QFTEX2007 in Leipzig, September 2007.

Carlos Román-Velázquez and Bo E. Sernelius, Numerical study of the effect of structure and geometry on van der Waals forces, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41,  164008 (2008) 

Bo E. Sernelius, Energy spectrum of electromagnetic normal modes in dissipative media: modes between two metal half-spaces, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 164016 (2008)

E. R. A. Lima, M. Boström, B. E. Sernelius, D. Horinek, R. R. Netz, E. C. Biscaia Jr., W. Kunz, and F. W. Tavares, Forces between Air-Bubbles in Electrolyte Solution, Chemical Physics Letters 458 (2008) 299–302.

Bo E. Sernelius, and Carlos Román-Velázquez, Beyond the simple proximity force approximation: Geometrical effects on the non-retarded Casimir interaction,  Phys. Rev. A 78, 032111 (2008).

Q.X. Zhao, L.L. Yang, M. Willander, Bo E. Sernelius, and  P.O. Holtz, Surface Recombination in ZnO Nanorods Grown by Chemical Bath Deposition, J. Appl. Physics 104, 073526 (2008). Selected for the November 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science ( http://www.vjultrafast.org).

Bo E. Sernelius, and Carlos Román-Velázquez, Test of the Proximity Force Approximation, Presentation at the Workshop on 60 years of Casimir Effect, June 23rd to 27th 2008, Brasilia, Brazil

Bo E. Sernelius, Gravitation as a Casimir effect, Presentation at the Alexander Friedmann international seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology, June 29th to July 5th 2008, Joao Pessoa, Brazil. 

V. Darakchieva,  T. Hofmann, M. Schubert, B. E. Sernelius, B. Monemar, P.Å.O. Persson, F. Giuliani, E. Alves, H. Lu, and W. J. Schaff,
Free electron behavior in InN: on the role of dislocations and surface electron accumulation,  Applied Physics Letters 94, 022109 (2009)

Bo E. Sernelius, Saturation effects in dispersion interactions, American Physical Society, 2009 APS March Meeting, March 16-20, 2009, abstract #Y13.003

Bo E. Sernelius, Challenging the fundamental interactions in nature: Can ${1/r}$-interactions, like the gravitational and Coulomb interactions, be induced interactions?, American Physical Society, 2009 APS March Meeting, March 16-20, 2009, abstract #S1.102

Bo E. Sernelius, and Carlos Román-Velázquez, Test of the Proximity Force Approximation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 161 (2009) 012016.
(http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1742-6596/161/1)

Bo E. Sernelius, Gravitation as a Casimir effect, International Journal of Modern Physics A (IJMPA) 24, issue 8/9, 1804-1812 (2009).
(http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpa/24/2408n09/S0217751X092408n09.html)

Bo E. Sernelius, Saturation effects in experiments on the thermal Casimir effect, EPL 87, 14004 (2009).

Bo E. Sernelius, Possible saturation effects in experiments on the thermal Casimir effect, Presentation at QFEXT09 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA, Sept 21-25, 2009.

Bo E. Sernelius, Casimir experiments showing saturation effects, Phys. Rev. A80, 043828 (2009).

Bo E. Sernelius, The thermal Casimir effect: saturation, accepted for publication in International Journal of Modern Physics A (IJMPA)

Carlos Román-Velázquez and Bo E. Sernelius, The role of material and geometry in the non-additive and non-monotonic behavior of  van der Waals interactions,  submitted manuscript.

Carlos Román-Velázquez and Bo E. Sernelius, Casimir forces between nano-structured particles,  submitted manuscript.
         
Bo E. Sernelius, Producing a Casimir interaction with 1/r-dependence, submitted  manuscript

Bo E. Sernelius, Gravitation of finite range and the accelerated expansion of the universe, manuscript

Bo E. Sernelius, Gravitation as a Casimir interaction, manuscript