InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Preface.- On the Problem of Van der Waals Forces in Dielectric Media.- Local and Global Casimir Energies: Divergences, Renormalization, and the Coupling to Gravity.- Casimir Effect in the Scattering Approach: Correlations Between Material Properties, Temperature and Geometry.- Geometry and Material Effects in Casimir Physics - Scattering Theory.- Numerical Methods for Computing Casimir Interactions.- Progress in Experimental Measurements of the Surface-Surface Casimir Force: Electrostatic Calibrations and Limitations to Accuracy.- Attractive and Repulsive Casimir-Lifshitz Forces, QED Torques, and Applications to Nanomachines.- Casimir Force in Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems.- Characterization of Optical Properties and Surface Roughness Profiles: The Casimir Force Between Real Materials.- Fluctuation -Induced Forces Between Atoms and Surfaces: the Casimir-Polder Interaction.- Modern Experiments on Atom-Surface Casimir Physics.- Fluctuations, Dissipation and the Dynamical Casimir Effect.