Lifshitz-van der Waals and Lewis acid-base approach for analyzing surface energy of molecularly thin lubricant films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2226-2228

  Chen, Haigang ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Jones, Paul M ^b   Hsia, Yiao Tee ^b   Jhon, Myung S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disk interface; Lifshitz van der Waals and Lewis acid base theory; Perfluoropolyether; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; HARD DISK STORAGE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

HEAD-DISK INTERFACE; LIFSHITZ-VAN DER WAALS AND LEWIS ACID-BASE THEORY; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS;

LUBRICANTS;

EID: 34249029246     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.893641     Document Type: Article

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