Abstract: Lubrication of particulate magnetic recording media improves their mechanical durability in sliding and flying by several orders of magnitude compared with unlubricated media. Lubricant removal, ...

Abstract: The current trend in the magnetic storage industry is the reduction of the slider size and the height at which the slider flies over a rigid disk. Lower flying heights are achieved by ...

Abstract: The volumetric information storage density of rigid disk drives continues to increase through decreases in the slider-disk separation (i.e., the flying height). Reductions in slider-disk separations ...