Topographical and tribo-chemical studies of contact sliding on ultrathin perfluoropolyether film

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 875-880

  Sinha, Sujeet K ^a   Choi, Junho ^b   Kato, Takahisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nano lubrication for computer hard disks; Topographical changes of PFPE; Tribo chemistry of PFPE

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELLIPSOMETRY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICATION; PHOTOEMISSION; POLYETHERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; GLASS BALL SLIDER; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER FILMS; TRIBOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 0037358471     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808944     Document Type: Article

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