Measurement of disjoining pressure of a molecularly thin lubricant film by using a microfabricated groove

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 3183-3185

  Fukuzawa, K ^a   Kawamura, J ^a   Deguchi, T ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Mitsuya, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disjoining pressure; Hard disk drive; Head disk interface; Laplace pressure; Lubricant; Nanotribology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMITTIVITY; POLYETHERS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISJOINING PRESSURES; HARD DISC DRIVES; HEAD-DISK INTERFACES; LAPLACE PRESSURES; NANOTRIBOLOGY;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 4444317240     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.830237     Document Type: Article

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