Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon Film and its Application as a Protective Layer in Thin-Film Magnetic Recording Disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 3942-3944

  Kokaku, Yuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Inaba, Hiroshi ^a   Fujimaki, Shigehiko ^a   Kitoh, Makoto ^a   Abe, Katsuo ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; THIN FILMS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON (DLC); MICROHARDNESS; WEAR DURABILITY;

RECORDING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0027694178     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.281350     Document Type: Article

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