Macroscale and microscale tribological studies of molecularly thick boundary layers of perfluoropolyether lubricants for magnetic thin-film rigid disks

Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Zhao, Zheming ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

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EID: 0002847998     PISSN: 10998047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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