Oh, wait. Wrong coasters.<\/p>\n
Cocktail Party Physics: a new wrinkle<\/a><\/p>\n The Rocket Scientist is the only faculty member I’ve ever known who keeps coasters in his office (and requires their use). I’ll let you figure out what a coaster fetish tells you about RS – I have my own theories, but (ignoring for the moment the fact that we work for a public university and all our furniture is laminate) there actually are<\/em> really good reasons for one to use coasters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Trivia: polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA, mentioned in the post) is an electron-beam resist. That is, if you zap it with electrons (or hard UV) you break some bonds, and the exposed material can be removed chemically. Makes it a useful mask material for various lithography applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oh, wait. Wrong coasters. Cocktail Party Physics: a new wrinkle The Rocket Scientist is the only faculty member I’ve ever known who keeps coasters in his office (and requires their use). I’ll let you figure out what a coaster fetish … Continue reading