A focused laser beam propagates through the transparent PMMA sample and heats the optically absorbing AFM tip. The heated tip softens the substrate, and the local tip pressure creates an indentation. The sample is placed on a precision air-bearing spindle to allow for sample rotation.
@43932 Erm no Mr Geek I don't!
GanEdenAustralia 1 year ago
@GanEdenAustralia Don't you know wikipedia or google ? Polymethyl Methacrylate, Plexiglass
43932 1 year ago
what program did you use for this? and did you use real equations to model the physics fo the friction and of the cantilever vibration?
madzo0omadz 1 year ago
WTF is PMMA??
GanEdenAustralia 1 year ago
So...when are CD's going to be able to store all of the works of mankind?
grimshawr 1 year ago
how does the first beam know where to point?
CamiloSanchez1979 1 year ago
this is a nano-hard drive!!!
normanagudelo 4 years ago