Abstract
A novel contact sliding technique has been developed based on the triboattractivc (TA) contact sliding phenomenon. An essential feature of TA contact sliding is the restoring force effect. The underlying phenomenon is described in terms of experimental results and a feasible physical model explaining the observations is presented. The model involves triboelectric charging and is based on the multiple asperity model used to explain Amonton's law of friction. Some of the performance characteristics of sliders mounted with conventional horizontal recording heads are discussed. This slider technique is expected to be especially suited to perpendicular recording.
