A concoction of various forces and physical effects (both mechanical and chemical) come into play in the depletion and evolution of the lubricant on the media during a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) process. They include the air-bearing shear and pressure, capillary pressure, thermo-capillary stress, disjoining pressure, lubricant desorption and the vapor recoil mechanism. The effects of these mechanisms and their complex interplay to stabilize/destabilize the lubricant interface is studied here numerically. Results for Z-type perfluropolyether (PFPE) lubricants with different polydispersity indices (PDI) are summarized.
Volume Subject Area:
Tribology, Head/Media Interface
Topics:
Heat,
Lubricants,
Magnetic recording,
Pressure,
Air bearings,
Desorption,
Shear (Mechanics),
Stress,
Vapors
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