“…The tape surface roughness and abrasiveness have also to be minimized to limit head wear and head recession which creates additional spacing loss (Osaki, 2000). This is particularly a concern for the use of metal evaporated tape with magnetoresistive read sensors (Hansen and Bhushan, 2006;Kamatani et al, 1999Kamatani et al, , 2005Ozue et al, 1999). The design of the tape surface roughness thus requires some compromise on the recording performance to achieve sufficient durability and runnability characteristics.…”