Coverage and mechanical wear assessment of 25- and 50-å thick, dual ion-beam deposited, and magnetron-sputtered protective overcoats

Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-192

  Scharf, Thomas W ^a   Barnard, John A ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamondlike carbon; Film coverage; Subplantation; Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034396871     PISSN: 10998047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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