Microtribological properties of hard amorphous carbon protective coatings for thin-film magnetic disks and heads

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-372

  Koinkar, V N ^a   Bhushan, B ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard carbon coatings; Magnetic disks; Magnetic heads; Microtribology

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; DURABILITY; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC THIN FILM DEVICES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY;

HARD AMORPHOUS CARBON COATINGS; MICROTRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION MATERIALS;

CARBON; COATING; MAGNETIC DISC; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0031412469     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1350650971542552     Document Type: Article

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