Effects of ultra-thin liquid lubricant films on contact slider dynamics in hard-disk drives

Tribology International

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 770-779

  Tagawa, Norio ^a   Tashiro, Yoshiaki ^b   Mori, Atsunobu ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mita Industrial Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact slider; End group functionality; Head disk interface; Liquid lubricant

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); ELLIPSOMETRY; LUBRICANTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOLAYERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CONTACT SLIDERS; END GROUP FUNCTIONALITY; HEAD DISK INTERFACES; LIQUID LUBRICANTS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 33845293199     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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