Structural and tribological characterization of protective amorphous diamond-like carbon and amorphous CNx overcoats for next generation hard disks

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3142-3154

  Scharf, T W ^a   Ott, R D ^a   Yang, D ^a   Barnard, J A ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

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EID: 0000720680     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.369654     Document Type: Article

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