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Title: | Novel hybrid facing targets sputtered amorphous carbon overcoat for ultra-high density hard disk media | Authors: | Poh, W.C. Piramanayagam, S.N. Shi, J.R. Liew, T. |
Keywords: | Amorphous carbon Coatings Corrosion Sputtering |
Issue Date: | Feb-2007 | Citation: | Poh, W.C., Piramanayagam, S.N., Shi, J.R., Liew, T. (2007-02). Novel hybrid facing targets sputtered amorphous carbon overcoat for ultra-high density hard disk media. Diamond and Related Materials 16 (2) : 379-387. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2006.07.020 | Abstract: | Amorphous carbon films form a critical protective layer on magnetic hard disk media. A novel in-house configured hybrid facing targets sputtering (HyFTS) utilizing a special magnetron arrangement was used to deposit amorphous carbon (a-C) overcoats. The corrosion inhibition ability and mechanical property were investigated and compared with that of the a-C overcoats deposited by conventional magnetron sputtering (CMS). Studies were done using electrochemical techniques and nano-scratch analysis to determine how corrosion inhibition ability changes at thickness of 2 nm and 5 nm and the scratch resistance of the two types of a-C overcoats, respectively. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization investigations have shown that a-C films deposited by HyFTS have good corrosion resistance even at 2 nm thickness. But at 2 nm, CMS deposited a-C overcoat shows sign of corrosion. Nano-scratch test has also shown improved scratch resistance of the HyFTS deposited a-C. This may be attributed to the better quality film with higher sp3 content deposited by HyFTS as a result of it having a higher amount of ionized species generated. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Diamond and Related Materials | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/82785 | ISSN: | 09259635 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.diamond.2006.07.020 |
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