Structure of nitrogenated carbon overcoats on thin-film hard disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4551-4559

  Huang, Liji ^a,b   Hung, Yann ^b   Chang, Susan ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon nitride; Carbon overcoat; Lubricant; Thin film hard disk

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HARD DISK STORAGE; LUBRICANTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; THIN FILMS;

CARBON NITRIDES;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0031269713     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.649893     Document Type: Article

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