NDLI: Evaluations of tribological characteristics of PFPE lubricants on DLC surfaces of magnetic disks

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Author	He, Y. Fujikawa, Y. Zhang, H. Fukuzawa, K. Mitsuya, Y.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	This article presents measurements of adhesion and friction of perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricant films dip-coated on magnetic disks covered with diamond-like carbon (DLC) film. We have developed a custom-built pin-on-disk type micro-tribotester to perform the tribological measurements. The adhesion tests were performed by pulling down/up a 1.5-mm-diameter glass ball on a stationary disk surface, and the friction tests were carried out by sliding the glass ball on a rotating disk surface without changing head-disk interface conditions from the adhesion tests. Experiments were performed for the different kinds of 2- and 6-nm-thick PFPE lubricants (polar: Zdol4000 and Zdol2000; nonpolar: Z03) under lightly loaded and slow sliding conditions to minimize disturbance against the molecular layered structure. The adhesive forces were found to decrease with increasing film thickness in the order of Z03 > Zdol2000 > Zdol4000 (decreasing rate), which closely corresponds to the order of monolayer thickness, and then to saturate to almost the same calculated values. As for the friction forces of 2-nm-thick films, Zdol2000 featured extraordinarily large friction in comparison with Zdol4000 and Z03, while Zdol4000 was slightly larger than Z03. The largest friction of Zdol2000 reveals that the 2-nm-thick Zdol2000 formed a monolayer that served as an immobile layer. With the increase in film thickness, the friction force of Zdol2000 decreased, indicating that extra lubricant molecules served as a mobile layer, while that of Z03 remained unchanged as the lowest value. By extrapolating the loading force versus friction force relationship into a negative loading force region, it is found that the friction force of Z03 tended to zero at zero net load (loading force plus adhesion force), while those for Zdol2000 and Zdol4000 exhibited finite values, indicating formation of an immobile layer, which shows similar characteristics to those of adhesive rubber material. The dewetted surface is found to feature violently changing friction force only at the first stage of sliding, and it then becomes stable after several sliding passes.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	11
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10238883
Journal	Tribology Letters
Volume Number	27
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15732711
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2007-01-18
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	friction force adhesion force PFPE lubricants molecularly thin lubricant pin-on-disk sliding test dewetting layered structure magnetic disks Nanotechnology Physical Chemistry Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Surfaces, Coatings and Films Mechanics of Materials Mechanical Engineering Surfaces and Interfaces

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