Research Article

Dependence of Pin Surface Roughness for Friction Forces of Ultrathin Perfluoropolyether Lubricant Film on Magnetic Disks by Pin-on-Disk Test

Figure 2

Changes in surface roughness profiles with GCIB irradiation with DLC. The abscissa indicates the scanning distance in micrometers, and the ordinate indicates the roughness amplitude in nanometers.
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(a) GCIB irradiation (Ar: 1e16) with DLC
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(b) GCIB irradiation (Ar: 2e16) with DLC
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(c) GCIB irradiation (Ar: 4e16) with DLC