Publications:

  1. A. Yadav, M. Boström, O. I. Malyi “Understanding of dielectric properties of cellulose”, Cellulose, 31, 2783 (2024). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 100]

  2. M. Boström, A. Gholamhosseinian, S. Pal, Y. Li, I. Brevik “Semi-classical electrodynamics and the Casimir effect”, Physics 6, 456–467 (2024) (open access). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 0]

  3. I. Brevik, S. Pal, Y. Li, A. Gholamhosseinian, M. Boström “Axion electrodynamics and the Casimir effect”, Physics 6, 407–421 (2024) (open access). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 0]

  4. S. Pal, I. Brevik, and M. Boström “Dispersion interaction between thin conducting cylinders” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, 17969 (2024). (see also arxiv link https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.08047)[The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 100]

  5. M. Boström, S. Pal, H. R. Gopidi, S. Osella, A. Gholamhosseinian, G. Palasantzas, O. I. Malyi “Casimir-Lifshitz force variations across heterogeneous gapped metal surfaces”, Physical Review B, 110, 045424 (2024) (see also arxiv link). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 140]

  6. S. Pal, S. Osella, O. I. Malyi, M. Boström “Beyond Attraction: A Novel Approach to Repulsive Casimir-Lifshitz Forces using Heterogeneous Off-stoichiometry in Gapped Metals” Physics Letters A 531, 130162 (2025). (see also arxiv). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 70].

  7. Y. Li, Prachi Parashar, I. Brevik, C. Persson, O. I. Malyi, M. Boström “Mechanism for ice growth on the surface of a spherical water droplet“ Physical Review B 111, 075426 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.075426 (see also arxiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13155:)[The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 140]

  8. Sol Carretero-Palacios, V. Esteso, Y. Li, S. Kuthe, I. Brevik, K. Iordanidou, O. I. Malyi, B. Glaser, C. Persson, M. Boström “Impact of metal oxidation on ice growth and melting” Phys. Rev. B 111, 085407 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.085407 (See also https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/381964)[The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 140]

  9. M. Boström, A. Gholamhosseinian, J. J. Marchetta, R. Corkery,  I. Brevik “Temperature-distance relations in Casimir physics” Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 40 (No 10n11), 2543019 (2025). https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0217751X25430195 (see also arxiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.15095) [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 70]

  10. S. Kuthe, M. Boström, W. Chen, B. Glaser, and C. Persson “Exploring the wettability of liquid iron on refractory oxides with sessile drop technique and density-functional derived Hamaker constants”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, 16173−16186 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c21877 (See also arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09614) [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 200].

  11. Subhojit Pal, John F. Dobson, and Mathias Boström, “Attractive and repulsive terms in multi-filament dispersion interactions”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27, 10291 (2025). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/cp/d5cp01117e [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 100]. (Sew also arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00419)

  12. A. Gholamhosseinian, R. W. Corkery, I. Brevik, Mathias Boström, ”Can An Uncertainty Relation Generate A Plasma?”, Phys. Lett. A 550, 130611 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130611 (The first 50 days it can be downloaded for free on https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1l4nx1LUy9irY9) (See also arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02619) [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 70].

  13. S. K. Panja, L. Inacio, S. Pal, M. Boström, “Casimir Forces Across Magnetic Plasmas at Nuclear Separations“, Annals of Physics, 401, 170191 (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2025.170191 also on arxiv http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07860). [The Polish ministerial list of ranked journals: 100]

    In press/Submitted/:

  14. Trapping in a Casimir Force Set-Up Controlled by Solution Permeability,  Subhojit Pal, Larissa Inacio, Lilia M. Woods, Umberto De Giovannini, Clas Persson, and Mathias Boström, submitted (also on arxiv http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10977)

  15. Title To Be Announced Later, Yang Li,  Iver Brevik, and Mathias Boström.

  16. Title To Be Announced Later. Historical manuscript by B. W. Ninham and C. Pask, with preface and foreward by M. Boström and D. F. Parsons.

  17. Title to be announced later. S. K. Panja and M. Boström.

  18. Title to be announced later. Long Ma, Larissa Inacio, Dai-Nam Le, Lilia M. Woods, and M. Boström.

  19. Title to be announced later. Larissa Inacio, Anurag Kurumbail, Suman Kumar Panja, and Mathias Boström

  20. Title to be announced later. Suman Kumar Panja and Vishnu Rajagopal.

  21. Title to be announced later. Victoria Esteso, Larissa Inacio, Robert W. Corkery , Suman K. Panja , Sol Carretero-Palacios, and Mathias Boström

    The best works are as yet to come and are in steady progress. We intend to submit high impact publications by S. K. Panja et al, by L. Inacio et al., by S. Pal et al., by J. J. Marchetta et al., and by A. Kurumbail et al. We also intend to strengthen our international collaborations during the remainder of the ACT:MEE project

Other Publications

  1. Special Issue Reprint "75 Years of the Casimir Effect: Advances and Prospects" mdpi.com/journal/physics Editors Galina L. Klimchitskaya and Vladimir M. Mostepanenko Page 294: Iver Brevik, Subhojit Pal, Yang Li, Ayda Gholamhosseinian and Mathias Bostrom: Chapter title: "Axion Electrodynamics and the Casimir Effect" Reprinted from: Physics 2024, 6, 27, doi:10.3390/physics6010027

  2. Special Issue Reprint "75 Years of the Casimir Effect: Advances and Prospects" mdpi.com/journal/physics Editors Galina L. Klimchitskaya and Vladimir M. Mostepanenko Page 309: Mathias Bostrom, Ayda Gholamhosseinian, Subhojit Pal, Yang Li and Iver Brevik: Chapter title: "Semi-Classical Electrodynamics and the Casimir Effect" Reprinted from: Physics 2024, 6, 30, doi:10.3390/physics6010030

Conferences, Presentations, and Schools

  1. J. J. Marchetta, Ice Nucelation and Water Condensation on Cellulose particles via Liftshitz Interaction, poster at Sao Paulo School of Advanced Science on Quantum Materials, 16 - 26 July, 2024, funded by FAPESP (Brazilian funding agency).

  2. M. Boström, Temperature-distance relations in Casimir physics, invited talk at the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir Effect, 15th to 21st September 2024 Piran, Slovenia.

  3. J. J. Marchetta, Impact from concentric sphere Lifshitz physics on water condensation, talk at the Fifth International Symposium on the Casimir Effect, 15th to 21st September 2024 Piran, Slovenia.

  4. Dr. Robert Corkery, KTH Sweden (guest invited by Dr. Mathias Bostrom to Ensemble3), “3D chiral photonic crystals in the wing scales of Lycaenid butterflies”, invited talk at Ensemble3, October 10 (Thursday), 10:30-12:00.(2024).

  5. “Stresshantering och återhämtning” – A Webinar with Björn Rudman (seminar in Swedish on: “Handling stress and recovery” organized by Länsförsäkringar Östgöta, Vreta Kluster and LRF), PI participated in Rudman’s online presentation  February 27, 2025 1pm – 4:15pm.

  6. Dr Mathias Boström and the project mentor, Dr Oleksandr Malyi, both took part in the www.vitae.ac.uk online “Career Development Workshop” for NCN-funded Polonez bis holders and their mentors on Monday, 10th March 2025, 10.00-13.00.

  7. SIO Grafen and Innovative Materials Arena (IMA) organized the workshop "Advanced Materials Unite". A vibrant meeting place where Sweden’s leading companies got the chance to join forces with real sharp start-ups and SMEs specialized in innovative advanced materials. When: Tuesday, April 8. Where: IMA One, Pursergatan 1, Linköping. PI took part in this exciting event as part of his secondment at Research Insitute of Sweden-Printed Electronics Arena in April 2025.

  8. RI.SE organized Workshop on "Functional additive manufacturing in 2D & 3D, novel inks, and LASER based patterning technologies" on 10/04/2025 at HOPE on Källvindsgatan 5, 602 40 Norrköping, Sverige. PI took part in this exciting event as part of his secondment at the Research Institute of Sweden in the Printed Electronics Arena (Norrköping, Sweden) in April 2025.

  9. Seminar series "Modeling of Complex Systems" at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, on Thursday, 15th of May (2025) at 15:15. ACT:MEE project co-investigator Dr. Larissa Inacio gave a talk on “Casimir repulsion turned into attraction by the nonlocal response of salted water?” The seminar was held in hybrid mode: in room 1.40.

  10. EARTO Webinar on JRC TTO Circle Report on Deep Tech Entrepreneurship in Europe & the Role of RTOs in Fostering Impactful Industrial Spin-offs - 2 June 2025. Speakers at this event were Alessandro Fazio (Head of the Joint Research Centre's Competence Centre on Technology Transfer) and Asier Rufino (Founder and Managing Director of Tecnalia Ventures). PI took part in this instructive online event that was related to his secondment at the Research Institute of Sweden in the Printed Electronics Arena (Norrköping, Sweden).

  11. Online workshop on Applied Casimir Theory and Ice Physics, organized by Dr. Sol Carretero and Dr. Mathias Boström: Monday, October 6 and Tuesday, October 7.

  12. SEMINAR "Modeling of Complex Systems" - Thursday at 3:15 pm

  13. Seminar series "Modeling of Complex Systems" at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, on Thursday, 23rd of October (2025) at 15:15. ACT:MEE project co-investigator Dr. Mathias Boström gave a talk on “Semi classical electrodynamics and Casimir effect” The seminar was held in hybrid mode: in room 1.40.

Coaching Process Plan (as part of the Polonez bis-3 project, the PI was coached by a professional coach)

What is Coaching?

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires a person to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership. When you work with a coach, you set out on a path to greater personal and professional fulfillment.

Development of research competences in the areas of THE EUROPEAN COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCHERS above all:

  1. Making an impact (participate in the publication process, writing a book)

  2. Managing research (mobilize resources)

  3. Working with others (build mentor-mentee relationship, develop networks)

  4. Doing research (conduct interdisciplinary research)

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Mobility, Visits, and Secondment

  1. From 12 to 26 March 2024, Dr Boström visited the University of Cagliari, Italy. Boström was hosted by Assoc. Prof. Dr Drew Parsons. Together we worked on ionic interactions related to ice melting (work in progress) and, importantly, the introduction to a previously unpublished manuscript of some historical interest that we aim to publish in connection with Prof. Ninham’s 90th birthday.

  2. Dr Robert Corkery (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) visited Ensemble3 in autumn 2024 for a short time, funded by the ACT:MEE project.

    Reporting from the intersectoral secondment:

    As part of the Polonez bis-3 project the PI had the opportunity to do an intersectoral secondment at Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) at Printed Electronics Arena (PEA), Norrköping, Sweden. Between 31 March to 11 April (2025). In addition, as part of the secondment an online half-day workshop was organized at RISE on 24 June (2025). Dr Boström was hosted during a two-weeks Polonez bis-3 secondment from 31 March to 11 April (2025) at RISE in Norrköping, Sweden within the facilities of "Printed Electronics Arena". He was invited by Dr Astrid Armgarth, Unit Manager, Department Smart Hardware, Unit Bio- and Organic Electronics (RISE) and Mr Duncan Platt, Unit Manager, Printed Electronics (RISE). One objective for RISE is to promote links between excellent applied science and entrepreneurship working for a sustainable future. One aim of the secondment was to provide Dr Boström and his team with knowledge about RISE's work in Norrköping, Sweden, and globally on electrochrome-displays, paper based electronics, etc. Also, to explore potential future collaborations on scientific projects, including future MEMS applications and developing ideas for novel methods for reversible electronics and nanoparticle printing on environmentally friendly cellulose. However, the focus was to learn how RISE takes part in the transition from fundamental results in science towards the initiation of deep tech start-up companies. During the two weeks several meetings were organized with leaders for the organizations that support the transition from research ideas to start-up companies. During the secondment Boström also got valuable knowledge by taking part in the audience of two workshops. SIO Grafen and Innovative Materials Arena (IMA) organized the workshop "Advanced Materials Unite". A vibrant meeting place where Sweden's leading companies got the chance to join forces with real sharp start-ups and SMEs specialized in innovative advanced materials on April 8 (at IMA One, Pursergatan 1, Linköping). RISE organized workshop on "Functional additive manufacturing in 2D 3D, novel inks, and LASER based patterning technologies" on 10/04/2025 at HOPE on Källvindsgatan 5, Norrköping, Sverige. Listening to the presentations the PI got insights on the importance of the link between science and enterprise. A main thrust of the secondment was initiating and organizing a Swedish-Polish-Spanish workshop on "Leadership and Mental Health Awareness in Science and Education". During the secondment period Mr. Duncan Platt, Dr. Astrid Armgarth, Dr Sara Renström from RISE, and Dr Boström discussed the idea of organizing an online workshop during summer 2025. Duncan, Astrid, and Sara were very supportive and had many ideas about both the organization and who to contact that could take part in the planned workshop. The workshop was jointly organized by Dr Mathias Boström (Ensemble3), Dr Astrid Armgarth (RISE), Mr Duncan Platt (RISE), Dr. Larissa Inacio (Ensemble3), Assoc. Prof. Silvio Osella (Centre of New Technologies, Uni. Warsaw), Dr. Sol Carretero-Palacios (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain) and Prof. Dorota Pawlak (president for Ensemble3, Warsaw). Maksymilian Suski from Ensemble3 Centre of Excellence took part in promoting the event. The event "Leadership and Mental Health Awareness in Science and Education" took place on June 24, 2025. It was an online meeting organized on the platform Teams. It was planned to start 13:45 up to 16:30, but the discussions took place until 17:30. We had 61 participants registered from 17 different nationalities, working on 11 different countries.

    We hosted more than 30 people during the whole workshop. This event aimed to foster open discussions on how we can support mental health and well-being in academic and professional settings. Our main goal was to project this safe space where we could share our experience and exchange ideas to build a better workplace for all people. We wanted to start the discussions on what makes a healthy work environment, what are good practices to balance work and life, how we should deal with mental health struggles - from who is struggling and who is witnessing—and, of course, understanding that everyone is responsible for the safety in research teams.  We asked three physicists to open discussion on leadership, being a woman in science, some thoughts on planning motherhood as a young researcher, and struggles with mental health as a PhD student, where productivity and the pandemic found their way, and where getting help was crucial. After that we had two talks from different perspectives, researcher point of view on PhD/Masters struggles and a clinical one. The first present research data on how mental health issues impact students at her university, she also discussed the factors that can be crucial to these students, and she highlighted the critical role of building and sustaining social connections as a fundamental strategy to enhance mental well-being and resilience. From the clinical point of view, we invited a psychologist with a specialization in cognitive behavioral therapy, that has been assisting people who work in academia. She presented how to recognize signs of burnout and how to prevent it.

     

    Program Overview

    Assoc. Prof. Sol Carretero Palacios — “How to Balance It All: Science, Teaching, Administration, Family, Relaxation”

    Dr. Sarah McKee — “Hiding in Plain Sight: A Testimony from Within the System on Mental Health in Academia”

    Dr. Victoria Esteso — “An Abroad Work Experience and Plans for Motherhood”

    Dr. Fátima Erthal — “Mental Health Challenges in Academia: Insights from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro”

    Ms. Flávia Crossetti — “Mental Health in Research Work: A Clinical Perspective on Burnout and Prevention”

     

    Key Insights from the Workshop: Mental health and well-being in academic environments are a shared responsibility. Creating safe and inclusive spaces must involve not only institutional policies but also daily practices among colleagues and supervisors. Learning to balance work, responsibilities, and rest is crucial. Without proper boundaries, the body may enforce rest through burnout, anxiety, or depression. It is essential to recognize when help is needed and to feel safe accessing support—whether from institutions, professional services, or peers. Openly sharing personal struggles plays a powerful role in reducing stigma. Personal testimonies allow others to feel seen and validated. Supervisors have a key role in promoting group well-being by facilitating regular group and one-on-one meetings, where struggles can be identified early and addressed collectively.
     

    Feedback: The event received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Participants appreciated both the organization and the initiative to create space for such necessary and often overlooked discussions in academic life.

     

    Future Directions: We hope this workshop will help raise visibility for the topic of mental health in science and education. The increasing pressures of academia are leading many talented individuals to abandon their careers. By bringing together diverse voices and experiences, we aimed to plant a seed: that talking openly about these challenges is the first step toward real, systemic change. Continued conversations and practical actions are needed to build environments where people can thrive—both professionally and personally.

     

    Effects of the secondment and its impact on further scientific and professional career development of the Principal Investigator: The main home take message learned during the secondment was the need for closer links between our research and commercial applications. In the future, we aim to focus much of our theoretical efforts on systems with clear potential for commercialization. Collaborative scientific work is initiated with several members of RI.SE that could lead to more than one joint publication, and, even more far-reaching, joint funding applications (e.g., South Baltic ERUF, HEU, OPUS/NCN, and EMERGE). The burden of a long time in Science is the knowledge how easily students can enter a place in life when good leadership is needed to tackle, or avoid, mental health problems. As part of the secondment, we organized a half-day online workshop in the afternoon on Tuesday 6/24/2025 where researchers at different levels, as well as a medical professional, took part. We focused on discussions on health issues. The target groups were leaders, researchers, and students in the Swedish, Polish, Brazilian, and Spanish groups involved in organizing the workshop.

    Workshop on Applied Casimir Theory and Ice Physics, organized by Dr. Sol Carretero and Dr. Mathias Boström ONLINE Monday, October 6 and Tuesday, October 7.

    Day 1 – Monday, October 6 (08:50–13:30)

    08:50–11:00 | Casimir Theory and Ice Physics

    • 08:50–09:00 — Sol Carretero (ICMM-CSIC) — Opening

    • 09:00–09:30 — Luis MacDowell (UCM) — The Key Physics of Ice Premelting

    • 09:30–10:00 — Krzysztof Wozniak (University of Warsaw) — Structures of ices by HAR and PDR

    • 10:00–10:30 — Jesús Revuelto (IPE-CSIC) — Field Techniques for Retrieving Snowpack and Glacier Ice Optical Properties in Mountain Regions

    • 10:30–11:00 — Sol Carretero (ICMM-CSIC) — Self-Preservation Ice Layers Mechanisms in Mixed CO_2/CH_4 Gas Hydrate Systems

    11:00–11:15 | Break

    11:15–13:30 | Applied and Fundamental Casimir Theory

    • 11:15–11:45 — Oleg Kotov (UAM) — Casimir-Lifshitz theory for cavity-modification of ground-state energy

    • 11:45–12:15 — Paloma Arroyo (UAM) — Dynamical Casimir effect and spontaneous decay in time-varying media

    • 12:15–12:45 — Alejandro Manjavacas (IQF-CSIC) — (Title TBA)

    • 12:45–13:15 — Larissa Inacio, Anurag Kurumbail, Suman Kumar Panja, and Mathias Boström (ENSEMBLE 3 – Centre of Excellence) — Raising questions on (potentially too) simple models for the impact of ice structure on surface premelting, followed by brief discussions on planned funding applications in Poland (OPUS, Bekker NAWA, Sonatina). Invitation to co-author a small planned manuscript.

    • 13:15–13:30 — Discussions — organized by Mathias Boström and Sol Carretero

    Day 2 – Tuesday, October 7 (13:50–16:00)

    13:50–16:00 | Brainstorm Session on planned and potential funding applications: OPUS, Bekker NAWA, Ulam NAWA, Sonatina

    • 13.50-14.00 — Sol Carretero (ICMM-CSIC) — Opening

    • 14.00-14.30 — Drew Parsons (University of Cagliari) — Nanoice under the influence of charge and van der Waals forces

    • 14:30–15:00 — Silvio Osella (University of Warsaw) — How to apply successfully for Polish funding such as OPUS, Bekker NAWA, and Sonatina. Invite collaborating international researchers to apply for Ulam NAWA (Polish funding) to do a sabbatical at University of Warsaw and/or Ensemble3 with Polish hosts.

    • 15:00–16:00 — Discussions — organized by Mathias Boström and Sol Carretero

    This research is part of project No. 2022/47/P/ST3/01236 co-funded by the National Science Centre and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 945339.