Determination of Lubricant Film Thickness on a Particulate Disk Surface by Atomic Force Microscopy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 1225-1228

  Mate, C Mathew ^a   Lorenz, Max R ^a   Novotny, Vlad J ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE, MAGNETIC--DISK; LUBRICANTS--MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PARTICULATE DISK;

FILMS;

EID: 0025432648     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.54003     Document Type: Article

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