Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording

• Main Author: Yeo, Reuben Jueyuan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Engineering > Materials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Materials Engineering.

This book presents the latest research in ultrathin carbon-based protective overcoats for high areal density magnetic data storage systems, with a particular focus on hard disk drives (HDDs) and tape drives. These findings shed new light on how the microstructure and interfacial chemistry of these s...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview of Amorphous Carbon Films
• Overcoat Fabrication and Characterization
• Optimization of Ultrathin Carbon Overcoats on Hard Disk Media
• Development of a Protective Sinx/C Bilayer Overcoat for Hard Disk Media
• Wear-Durable Protective Overcoats for Functional Tape Heads
• Graphene as a Protective Overcoat for Hard Disk Media
• Conclusions and Future Work.