Liquid Nanodroplets on Thin Film Magnetic Recording Disks©

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-110

  Karis, T E ^a   Nayak, U V ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorocarbon Lubricants; Friction Mechanisms; Lubricant Contamination by Water; Magnetic Recording Hard Disks

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; FRICTION; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MOISTURE; THIN FILMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIQUID NANODROPLETS; THIN FILM MAGNETIC RECORDING DISKS; FLUOROCARBON LUBRICANTS; FRICTION MECHANISMS; LUBRICANT CONTAMINATION BY WATER; MAGNETIC RECORDING HARD DISKS;

TRIBOLOGY; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

DROPLET; LIQUID LUBRICANT; MAGNETIC DISC; MAGNETIC RECORDING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 1242343915     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05698190490279010     Document Type: Article

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