Ultrathin ion-beam carbon as an overcoat for the magnetic recording medium

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages 594-598

  Sun, Yongjian ^a,b   Chu, Xing ^a,c   Yang, Ming M ^a,b  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c KLA TENCOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat; Corrosion; Ion beam method; Magnetic recording; Tribology

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CORROSION PROTECTION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MATERIALS TESTING; PERFORMANCE; TRIBOLOGY;

CARBON DEPOSITION ION ENERGY; MAGNETIC DEFECTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM; OVERCOAT; ULTRATHIN ION-BEAM CARBON;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0037233021     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2002.806348     Document Type: Article

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