The preservation of resources

It is essential to provide alternatives to rare materials by using abundant materials in a more original manner and by increasing the control of surfaces and interfaces’ properties through advanced processing techniques. These techniques go along with a better use of mineral resources from mining or recycling. They also provide less energy-costing information storage solutions through the use of nanomagnetism, for example. These approaches need to be part of an overall approach involving life cycle analysis, which is capable of evaluating their environmental impact.