... and estimated apparent area associated with thermal actuation, the intermolecular forces at the head-disk interface (HDI) are calculated using the ISBL (improved sub-boundary lubrication) code. Both roughness and nominal area of contact are found to be significant factors determining adhesive forces...

... the effect of the intermolecular forces on the static and dynamic performance of the air bearing sliders. It is seen that the intermolecular forces increase the level of flying height modulations at low flying heights, which in turn results in dynamic instability of the system similar to what has also been...

... as the Intermolecular Force from the correlation between the lubricant thickness and the touchdown velocity. Simulations using 3D dynamic simulation software explain the experimental trends. It has been reported that the presence of humidity changes the mobility of the lubricants and their bonding with the carbon...

... other, either in dry or wet environments, then strong intermolecular (adhesive) forces may arise. Such strong intermolecular forces may result in unacceptable and possibly catastrophic adhesion, stiction, friction and wear. In the present paper, a model termed sub-boundary lubrication (SBL) adhesion...

...Lin Wu; D. B. Bogy When the spacing between the slider and the disk is smaller than 10 nm, the effect of the intermolecular forces between the two solid surfaces can no longer be ignored. This effect on the flying attitude of practical slider designs is investigated here numerically. The three...