Effect of Oxidation Process on Grain-Size Reduction for Longitudinal Media Using Ni-Based Amorphous Seedlayer

Masaki Mikami; D. D. Djayaprawira; S. Yoshimura; M. Takahashi

doi:10.1109/TMAG.2003.816264

Effect of Oxidation Process on Grain-Size Reduction for Longitudinal Media Using Ni-Based Amorphous Seedlayer

Masaki Mikami, D. D. Djayaprawira, S. Yoshimura, M. Takahashi

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Oxidation process using Ni-based amorphous seedlayer (NiNb, NiTa, and NiZr) has been studied to control the grain size of longitudinal media fabricated on glass substrate. The mechanism of the grain-size reduction was investigated using an in situ Auger electron spectroscopy technique. It is found that NiNb seedlayer is the most effective to reduce the media grain size. This is suggested to be due to the lowest affinity for oxygen for Nb as compared with Ta or Zr. The reduction of the grain size (GD_act) with using Ni-based seedlayer and oxygen process is inferred mainly due to uniform oxidation of the initial growth of the underlayer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2258-2260
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	39
Issue number	5 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2003.816264
Publication status	Published - 2003 Sep
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amorphous seedlayer
Longitudinal media
Oxidation
Thin film

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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