An atomistic study of perfluoropolyether lubricant thermal stability in heat assisted magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3748-3751

  Smith, Robert L ^a   Jhon, Young In ^b   Biegler, Lorenz T ^a   Jhon, Myung S ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat (COC); head disk interface (HDI); heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR); molecular dynamics; perfluoropolyether

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CARBON OVERCOAT; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR DECOMPOSITION; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER LUBRICANT; PERFLUOROPOLYETHERS;

DESORPTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEATING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSIONS;

NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

EID: 84880780085     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2243414     Document Type: Article

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