• DocumentCode
    764254
  • Title

    Visualization of Dewetting of Molecularly Thin Lubricant on Magnetic Disks by Ellipsometric Microscopy

  • Author

    Fukuzawa, K. ; Shimuta, T. ; Yoshida, T. ; Zhang, H. ; Mitsuya, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Micro/Nano Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ.
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    2495
  • Lastpage
    2497
  • Abstract
    The effect of the surface energy profile and roughness on dewetting of molecularly thin lubricant films on magnetic disks has been investigated by visualizing the dewetting process directly. The growth of the dewetting is determined not only by the well-known instability of films but also by the disjoining pressure and surface topography of a disk even if it has sub-nanometer roughness
  • Keywords
    disc drives; ellipsometry; lubricants; lubrication; magnetic disc storage; surface roughness; dewetting process; ellipsometric microscopy; lubricant films; magnetic disks; surface energy profile; surface roughness; surface topography; tribology; Dispersion; Lubricants; Magnetic films; Magnetic force microscopy; Optical films; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Surface treatment; Visualization; Dewetting; ellipsometric microscopy; hard disk drive; head-disk interface; lubricant; tribology; visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2006.880462
  • Filename
    1704343