Tribology challenges for head-disk interface toward 1 Tb/in2

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 716-721

  Gui, Jing ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disk mechanical separation; Head media spacing; Lubricant; Overcoat; Recording areal density

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; TRIBOLOGY;

DISK LUBRICANT FILM; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; HEAD MEDIA SPACING; RECORDING AREAL DENSITY;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0037358573     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808999     Document Type: Article

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