Dirk Polder | |
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 Dirk Polder | |
| Born | 23 August 1919 |
| Died | 18 March 2001 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden |
| Known for | Casimir–Polder effect Polder tensor Near-field radiative heat transfer |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Philips Research Laboratories Delft University of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir |
Dirk Polder (23 August 1919 – 18 March 2001) was a Dutch physicist working on solid-state physics, magnetism, molecular physics and nanoscale physics.
Together with Hendrik Casimir, Polder 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. Using a similar theory, he developed the formalism to treat radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale.