Nationality Dutch Fields Physicist Name Dirk Polder | Known for Casimir-Polder effect Alma mater University of Leiden | |
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Institutions Philips Research LaboratoriesDelft University of Technology Doctoral advisor J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir Academic advisor | ||
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Dirk Polder (August 23, 1919 – March 18, 2001) was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force, sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force. He also worked on the similar topic of radiative heat transfer at nanoscale.
In 1978 Polder became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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