The dynamic behavior of thin-film lubricants

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2334-2337

  Jhon, Myung S ^a   Phillips, David M ^b   Vinay, Stephen J ^a   Messe, Christopher T ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disjoining pressure; Perfluoropolyether; Rheology; Scanning microellipsometry; Surface diffusion; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELLIPSOMETRY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MAGNETIC FILM STORAGE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POLYETHERS; RHEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

DISJOINING PRESSURE-HEIGHT ISOTHERMS; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER FILMS; SCANNING MICROELLIPSOMETRY (SME);

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033184203     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800818     Document Type: Article

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