Ultrasmooth CNx overcoats for next-generation hard disks

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 765-768

  Li, De Jun ^a,b   Chung, Yip Wah ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coatings; Corrosion; Hard disks; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORROSION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ROTATION; SPEED; SUBSTRATES;

GAS COMPOSITION; ULTRATHIN CARBON NITRIDE;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0037361209     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.809013     Document Type: Article

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