Development of a ta-C wear resistant coating with composite interlayer for recording heads of magnetic tape drives

Tribology Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-232

  Rismani, Ehsan ^a   Sinha, S K ^a   Yang, H ^a   Tripathy, S ^b   Bhatia, C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AES (Auger); Carbon; Ceramic; Coatings; Delamination wear; Magnetic data recording heads; Surface modification; Wear resistant

Indexed keywords

AES (AUGER); CARBON IONS; CERAMIC; CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; COMPOSITE INTERLAYERS; DELAMINATION WEAR; FILTERED CATHODIC VACUUM ARC TECHNIQUES; RECORDING HEAD; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE MODIFICATION METHODS; TETRAHEDRAL AMORPHOUS CARBON (TA-C) FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; WEAR LIFE; WEAR-RESISTANT; WEAR-RESISTANT COATING;

ALUMINUM; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; DELAMINATION; DURABILITY; IONS; MAGNETIC TAPE; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACE TREATMENT; TAPE DRIVES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COATINGS;

EID: 84860781765     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-9941-8     Document Type: Article

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