Calculation of Disjoining Pressure for Lubricant Films via Molecular Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2543-2545

  Izumisawa, Satoru ^a   Jhon, Myung S ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Augmented Young Laplace equation; disjoining pressure; film stability; magnetic recording; tribology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008047730     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.880460     Document Type: Article

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