Interfacial interactions of perfluoropolyether lubricants with magnetic recording media

Tribology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Tyndall, G W ^a   Leezenberg, P B ^a,c   Waltman, R J ^b   Castenada, J ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c MAXTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angles; Hard disk drives; Perfluoropolyether; Striction; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

LUBRICANT; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER;

EID: 0031859945     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019199004170     Document Type: Article

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