Atomic force microscopy of magnetic rigid disks and sliders and its applications to tribology

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 452-457

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Blackman, G S ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS - MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; LUBRICANTS - MEASUREMENTS; SURFACES - ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DISK ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LUBRICANT THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; MAGNETIC RIGID DISKS; MAGNETIC SLIDER-DISK INTERFACE; NONCONTACT OPTICAL PROFILER;

DATA STORAGE, MAGNETIC;

EID: 0026187096     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2920645     Document Type: Article

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