Asymmetric dc-magnetron sputtered carbon-nitrogen thin-film overcoat for rigid-disk applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 1, 1996, Pages 3774-3776

  Lal, Brij B ^a   Yang, Ming M ^a   Chao, James ^a   Russak, Michael A ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COATINGS; HARDNESS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NITROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY;

ASYMMETRIC DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; CONTACT START STOP TEST; MAGNETIC DISK DRIVES; MAGNETO RESISTIVE HEAD;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030244962     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.538832     Document Type: Article

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