Improving the Friction Durability of Magnetic Head-Disk Interfaces by Thin Lubricant Films

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2016/9614046/figures/9614046.fig.0018a.svgz" name="9614046.fig.0018a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Fluid lubrication</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2016/9614046/figures/9614046.fig.0018b.svgz" name="9614046.fig.0018b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Mixed lubrication</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jnm/volume-2016/9614046/figures/9614046.fig.0018c.svgz" name="9614046.fig.0018c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Boundary lubrication</td></tr></table>

<div>Areas of each cluster of friction coefficient of various lubricant-coated disks. (a) Boundary line ① area I fluid lubrication, (b) boundary line ②-① area mixed lubrication, and (c) boundary line ③-② area boundary lubrication.</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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