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A Day in the Life
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In a “cleanroom” at the Stanford Nano Center, a researcher reaches to open an evaporator. She wears a “bunny suit” to trap particles of dust and hair. The diameter of a human hair is 1000 times the size of the typical nanoscale device. A single strand of hair or particle of dust would render the device unusable. In the background, the yellow windows are a telltale sign of a lithographic area. The windows are coated with foil, giving them a jaundiced hue. The foil blocks light that would otherwise expose the lightsensitive lithographic materials. The School of Engineering shares the Stanford Nano Center and the Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory with several other schools under the aegis of the Dean of Research.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOE FLETCHER