Control of Wear of Magnetic Media with Sputtered i-Carbon Overcoats

使用极薄的碳溅射涂层来保护计算机磁盘上的磁存储介质免受在启动和停止期间由于磁头接触而造成的损坏。在这项研究中，将确定这些薄膜的磨损机制，并与它们的微观结构和机械和物理性能有关。结果将用于验证作者和他的同事开发的通用摩擦模型，并确定哪些薄膜特性提供最佳的磨损和摩擦性能，以及为什么。

Extremely thin sputtered coatings of carbon are used to protect the magnetic storage medium on computer disks against damage due to head contact during starts and stops. In this study the mechanisms of wear of these films will be determined and related to their microstructure and to their mechanical and physical properties. The results will be used to validate a generic friction model developed by the author and his co-workers and to determine which film properties provide optimal wear and friction performance, and why.