Data Storage Exploratory Tech. Magnetism Materials Analysis Nanoscale Sci.
Chemical contamination is equally important.
Trace amounts of a variety of chemical vapors can also cause corrosion of sensitive HDD components, such as the multi-layer structure of the magnetoresistive heads. We study the mechanisms by which chemical contamination adversely affects HDDs, create effective chemical filtration and other contamination control technologies for HDDs, and devise technologies to reduce chemical vapor outgassing from HDD components.