A theoretical study of vapor lubrication for heat assisted magnetic recording

Tribology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Ma, Yansheng ^a   Liu, Bo ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hard disk drive; Heat assisted magnetic recording; Lubricant film formation time; Lubricant film thickness; Vapor lubrication

Indexed keywords

AREAL RECORDING DENSITIES; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DISK INTERFACES; DISK SURFACES; FILM FORMATIONS; HARD DISK DRIVE; HARD DISK DRIVES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LUBRICANT FILM FORMATION TIME; LUBRICANT FILM THICKNESS; LUBRICANT FILM THICKNESSES; LUBRICANT FILMS; PROMISING TECHNIQUES; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMITS; VAPOR LUBRICATION; VAPOR LUBRICATIONS;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DRIVES; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LASER HEATING; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 56749150864     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9383-5     Document Type: Article

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