Ultraviolet bonding of PFPE with carbon overcoat: Surface energy and spreading

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 2, 2008, Pages 3702-3705

  Chen, Haigang ^a,b   Chung, Pil Seung ^a   Jhon, Myung S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lewis acid base theory; Lifshitz van der Waals; Perfluoropolyether; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; ION BEAMS; LUBRICANT FILMS; MOLECULES; PHOTODEGRADATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON OVERCOAT; LEWIS ACID; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV IRRADIATION; VAN DER WAALS; ZTETRAOL;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 77955164312     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2001672     Document Type: Article

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