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Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording

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Amorphous carbon films can be deposited by a range of deposition techniques. Presently, the magnetic data storage industry uses the following for the deposition of ultrathin carbon overcoats: (1) magnetron sputtering, (2) filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) and (3) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)-based techniques. These three carbon overcoat fabrication techniques are discussed in this chapter.

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Yeo, R.J. (2017). Overcoat Fabrication and Characterization. In: Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4882-1_3

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