A gentle jackhammer

Enrico Gnecco
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Enrico Gnecco: Enrico Gnecco is in the National Center of Competence in Research 'Nanoscale Science', University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland. enrico.gnecco@unibas.ch

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7261, 178-179

Abstract: A futuristic method of data storage depends on the 'write–read' action of a multitude of tiny silicon tips. The concept of dynamic superlubricity offers a way to avoid the wear that would otherwise cripple them.

Date: 2009
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