Enhancement of Head-Disk Interface Durability by Use of Diamond-Like Carbon Overcoats on the Slider's Rails

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 369-374

  Bogy, David B ^a   Yun, Xiaohan ^a   Knapp, Bradley J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Diamonex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; COATINGS; DURABILITY; FRICTION; GRAPHITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HEADS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; OVERCOAT; SLIDERS; STANDARD DISK WEAR TESTER; THIN FILM DISKS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0028387624     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.312289     Document Type: Article

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