Structural stability of hydrogenated amorphous carbon overcoats used in heat-assisted magnetic recording investigated by rapid thermal annealing

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Wang, N ^a   Komvopoulos, K ^a   Rose, F ^b   Marchon, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS CARBON; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C:H); MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING (RTA); STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CURIE TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; HARD DISK STORAGE; LASER HEATING; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 84874910028     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4792521     Document Type: Article

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