Broadband nitrogen–vacancy centre magnetometry demonstrates how commercial hard-disk write heads may become useful experimental tools for nanoscale applications involving magnetism and magnetic resonance.
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Mamin, H. New life for hard-disk write heads. Nature Nanotech 12, 5–6 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.285
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