Many modern technologies rely on the properties of surfaces rather than the bulk materials. In this image, an undergraduate student loads a sample into a vacuum chamber where a thin film of magnetic materials will be deposited.
A computer hard disk drive reliably stores
and retrieves computer data on nanoscale regions of the disk. Most
of the drive and its components are made of metal.
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