Functionalized ion-beam carbon for magnetic disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2117-2119

  Pirzada, Shahid A ^a   Liu, Jia J ^a   Li, Z Fred ^a   Liu, Janice ^a   Park, DongWon ^a   Chen, Chao Yuan ^a  

^a MAXTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat; Functionalized; Ion beam; Magnetic disks

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORROSION RESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION BEAMS; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC HEADS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON OVERCOAT;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0036761664     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802836     Document Type: Article

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