Ultrathin carbon coatings for magnetic storage technology

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 321-338

  Robertson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonding; Characterisation; Corrosion protection; Deposition; Diamond like carbon; Raman; Roughness

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949121477     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2008.017467     Document Type: Article

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