Knudsen force

Knudsen force is the force experienced by two surfaces at two different temperatures that are separated by a distance comparable to a mean free path of the molecules of the ambient medium.[1]

## See also

* Microcantilever

## References

1. ↑ Passian, A.; Wig, A.; Meriaudeau, F.; Ferrell, T. L.; Thundat, T. (23 August 2002). "Knudsen forces on microcantilevers". Journal of Applied Physics (The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System) 92 (10): 6326–6333. doi:10.1063/1.1515108. Bibcode: 2002JAP....92.6326P. http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v92/i10/p6326_s1. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

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