Overcoat free magnetic media for lower magnetic spacing and improved tribological properties for higher areal densities

Tribology Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-256

  Samad, M Abdul ^a   Rismani, E ^a   Yang, H ^a   Sinha, S K ^a   Bhatia, C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Magnetic data disks; Magnetic data storage; Nanotribology; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; COBALT; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; DEPTH PROFILING; DIGITAL STORAGE; EMBEDDINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; NANOTRIBOLOGY; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRIBOLOGY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-OXIDATION PROPERTIES; CARBON EMBEDDING; FILTERED CATHODIC VACUUM ARC TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC DATA DISKS; MAGNETIC SPACINGS; SHALLOW EMBEDDING; SURFACE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC STORAGE;

EID: 84867833753     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-011-9803-9     Document Type: Article

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