Abstract
High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy has been used to obtain vibrational spectra of Fomblin Z-tetraol lubricant films on a commercial magnetic hard disk. The energy loss intensities of the ν(CF2) stretching mode are roughly independent of scattering angle up to angles of Δθ<14° indicating that they are excited by impact scattering. As a consequence there is little information that can be gleaned from the spectra about molecular orientation on the surface. A negative ion resonance enhances the energy loss cross section of the ν(CF2) stretching mode at the impact energy of EI=4eV. It is possible that this resonance is associated with the known sensitivity of fluorocarbons to electron induced dissociation. Annealing the disk sample to T=700K causes a dramatic decrease in the intensity of C–F stretching modes and an increase of the loss features due to C–H stretching. This indicates that the Fomblin Z-tetraol has decomposed and is exposing the a‐CHx overcoat on the magnetic media surface.
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