Nanotribological properties of novel lubricants for magnetic tapes

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 980-990

  Palacio, Manuel ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AME tape; Durability; Ionic liquid; Perfluoropolyether

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FORCE; AFM; AME TAPE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BALL ON FLATS; BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; CHAIN-ENDS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRICTION FORCE; HYDROXYL GROUPS; IMIDAZOLIUM; INTER-MOLECULAR BONDING; LENGTH SCALE; LUBRICANT FILMS; METAL FILM; MICRO-SCALE; NANO SCALE; NANOTRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TRIBOMETER; ZTETRAOL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DURABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRICTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC TAPE; METAL RECOVERY; NANOTRIBOLOGY; PARAFFINS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

HYDROXYL GROUP; IONIC LIQUID; LUBRICATING AGENT; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; FRICTION; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC TAPE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67449113546     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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