Investigation of electrostatically tunable adhesion and instability of flying head slider
F Zhang, Y Wang, Y Hu, M Zhang, B Li - Friction, 2024 - Springer
The interfacial adhesion between microstructures is inevitable in a micro-electro-mechanical
system (eg, hard disk drive (HDD)), which may lead to complicated microtribodynamics …
system (eg, hard disk drive (HDD)), which may lead to complicated microtribodynamics …
Electrically suppressed hysteresis at nanoscale sliding interface
F Zhang, Y Wang, M Zhang, M Shi - Tribology International, 2024 - Elsevier
Contact adhesion hysteresis is widely observed between two quasi-static interfaces of micro-
nano devices. Representatively, the hysteresis behavior has been found at the nanoscale …
nano devices. Representatively, the hysteresis behavior has been found at the nanoscale …
Stochastic evaluation of magnetic head wears in hard disk drives
Head wear becomes inevitable as the physical clearance between the head and disk in
current hard disk drives is close to 1 nm or lower. Accurate characterization of the wear …
current hard disk drives is close to 1 nm or lower. Accurate characterization of the wear …
Tribological degradation of head–disk interface in hard disk drives under accelerated wear condition
Y Wang, X Wei, KL Tsui… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To further increase the areal storage density of hard disk drive, one solution is to reduce the
spacing between the magnetic head and disk to sub-1-nm regime. Such ultra-low spacing …
spacing between the magnetic head and disk to sub-1-nm regime. Such ultra-low spacing …
Light contact and surfing state dynamics of air bearing sliders in hard disk drives
We report experimental findings and simulation results that identify distinct dynamical
phases during the light touchdown between the flying head and ultra-thin perfluoropolyether …
phases during the light touchdown between the flying head and ultra-thin perfluoropolyether …
Analysis of microwaviness-excited vibrations of a flying head slider in proximity and asperity contact regimes
K Ono - Journal of Tribology, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The vibration characteristics of a thermal fly-height control (TFC) head slider in the proximity
and asperity contact regimes attract much attention, because the head–disk spacing (HDS) …
and asperity contact regimes attract much attention, because the head–disk spacing (HDS) …
Investigation of heat transfer across a nanoscale air gap between a flying head and a rotating disk
Understanding nanoscale heat transfer at the head–disk interface (HDI) is necessary for
thermal management of hard disk drives (HDDs), especially for heat-assisted magnetic …
thermal management of hard disk drives (HDDs), especially for heat-assisted magnetic …
A numerical investigation of different touchdown patterns of thermal-flying-height-control sliders
In this study we employ a numerical approach to explore the touchdown patterns of a
thermal-flying-height-control (TFC) slider. Depending on the roughness of the head disk …
thermal-flying-height-control (TFC) slider. Depending on the roughness of the head disk …
Numerical simulation of thermal fly-height control slider touchdown test for achieving ideal subnanometer clearance head slider touchdown behaviors
K Ono - Tribology Letters, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the dynamics and instability of a thermal fly-height control (TFC) head slider
close to and at touchdown (TD) on a magnetic recording disk is essential for developing a …
close to and at touchdown (TD) on a magnetic recording disk is essential for developing a …
Thermal protrusion-induced air bearing slider instability at disk proximity and light contact
As the head-disk spacing is locally reduced to a few nanometers by the introduction of
thermal fly-height control sliders, the instability of the flying slider at disk proximity and the …
thermal fly-height control sliders, the instability of the flying slider at disk proximity and the …