Effect of ultraviolet irradiation on adhesion of nanometer-thick lubricant films coated on magnetic disk surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Zhang, Hedong ^a   Takimoto, Taiki ^a   Fukuzawa, Kenji ^a   Itoh, Shintaro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; magnetic disk recording; thin films; ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; IRRADIATION; LUBRICANT FILMS; MAGNETISM; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; RADIATION; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; MAGNETIC DISK RECORDING; MAGNETIC DISK SURFACE; MOBILE FRACTIONS; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

MAGNETIC THICK FILMS;

EID: 78651075551     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2068281     Document Type: Article

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