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ArticleNature communications2026

Casimir stabilization of fluctuating electronic nematic order.

Ola Carlsson, Sambuddha Chattopadhyay, Jonathan B Curtis, Frieder Lindel, Lorenzo Graziotto, Jérôme Faist, Eugene Demler

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7 authors.

Ola CarlssonInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. ola.carlsson@lmu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7950-9874
Sambuddha ChattopadhyayInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Jonathan B CurtisInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Frieder LindelInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Lorenzo GraziottoQuantum Center, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-5079
Jérôme FaistQuantum Center, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-7988
Eugene DemlerInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. demlere@phys.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2499-632X

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 948141Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Switzerland | Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) UeM019-1Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 10000397
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Abstract

The field of vacuum cavity control of quantum materials aims to engineer quantum materials through electromagnetic zero-point fluctuations. In this work we articulate and theoretically study a generic mechanism for vacuum control of electronic order: Casimir control, where a fluctuating phase is stabilized by minimizing the zero-point energy of the surrounding electromagnetic continuum. We focus on the Casimir stabilization of fluctuating nematic order, where local order develops but thermal fluctuations inhibit long-range order. As a concrete example, we stabilize fluctuating quantum Hall stripes by leveraging the anisotropic electromagnetic environment of a birefringent crystal. We show that for experimentally feasible setups, an orientation-dependent Casimir energy emerges which can be 10

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