Quasi-equilibrium AFM measurement of disjoining pressure in lubricant nanofilms II : Effect of substrate materials

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to measure the disjoining pressures of perfluoropolyether lubricant films (0.8-4.3 nm of Fomblin Z03) on both silicon wafers and hard drive disks coated with a diamondlike carbon overcoat. Differences in the disjoining pressure between the two systems were expe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 25(2009), 4 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 2101-6
1. Verfasser: Bowles, Adam P (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hsia, Yiao-Tee, Jones, Paul M, White, Lee R, Schneider, James W
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to measure the disjoining pressures of perfluoropolyether lubricant films (0.8-4.3 nm of Fomblin Z03) on both silicon wafers and hard drive disks coated with a diamondlike carbon overcoat. Differences in the disjoining pressure between the two systems were expected to be due to variations in the strength of van der Waals interactions. Lifshitz theory calculations suggest that this substrate switch will lead to relatively small changes in disjoining pressure as compared to the more pronounced effects reported due to changes in lubricant chemistry. We demonstrate the sensitivity of our AFM method by distinguishing between these similar systems
Beschreibung:Date Completed 31.03.2009
Date Revised 09.03.2009
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la8024638