Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided on the substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the underlayer and having a L10 structure and a (001) orientation. The magnetic layer has a granular structure in which an organic compound having a methylene skeleton or a methine skeleton is arranged at grain boundaries of magnetic grains.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a magnetic layer including a FePt alloy having a L10 type structure, and a plurality of underlayers arranged between the substrate and the magnetic layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of underlayers includes TiO2.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; a first underlayer; a second underlayer; and a magnetic layer including an alloy having a L10 type crystal structure with a (001) orientation. The substrate, the first underlayer, the second underlayer, and the magnetic layer are stacked in this order. The first underlayer is a crystalline layer that includes Mo as a main component. The second underlayer is a crystalline layer that includes a material containing Mo as a main component and that includes an oxide. The content of the oxide in the second underlayer is in a range of from 2 mol % to 30 mol %. The oxide is an oxide of one or more kinds of elements selected from a group consisting of Cr, Mo, Nb, Ta, V, and W.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a barrier layer, a crystal grain size control layer, and a magnetic layer that are arranged in this order. The barrier layer includes at least one of oxides, nitrides, and carbides, and the crystal grain size control layer is a crystalline layer including Ag and having an average thickness in a range of 0.1 nm to 1 nm. The barrier layer makes contact with the crystal grain size control layer, and the magnetic layer includes an alloy having a L10 crystal structure and a (001) face orientation.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L10 type crystal structure as a main component thereof, a plurality of underlayers arranged between the substrate and the magnetic layer, and a barrier layer made of a material having an NaCl structure. The plurality of underlayers include at least one crystalline underlayer including Mo as a main component thereof, and at least one of Si and C in a range of 1 mol % to 20 mol % and an oxide in a range of 1 vol % to 50 vol %. The barrier layer is provided between the magnetic layer and the at least one crystalline underlayer including Mo.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an under layer formed on a substrate, and a magnetic layer, formed on the under layer, which contains an alloy having an L10-type crystal structure as a main component. The under layer includes, in order from the substrate side, a first under layer with a lattice constant a of 2.87 Å≦a
Abstract translation:本发明的磁记录介质包括形成在基板上的底层和形成在下层上的磁性层,其含有具有L10型晶体结构的合金作为主要成分。 底层从衬底侧依次包括具有晶格常数a为2.87的第一底层; a <3.04,具有晶格常数a为3.04和nlE的BCC结构的第二下层; a <3.18 Å,具有晶格常数a为3.18和n1E;a≤331的BCC结构的第三下层,以及具有NaCl型晶体结构的上下层。 第一底层具有B2结构,或具有含有Cr作为主要成分的BCC结构。 在本发明的磁记录介质中,使用热辅助磁记录型或微波辅助磁记录型来记录信息。
Abstract:
A heat-assisted magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; an underlayer; and a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L10 structure, wherein the underlayer includes, from the substrate side, a bcc underlayer including a substance having a bcc structure, a first oxide layer that is in contact with the bcc underlayer, and a second oxide layer that is in contact with the magnetic layer. The bcc underlayer, the first oxide layer, and the second oxide layer are stacked in the recited order. The first oxide layer and the second oxide layer include magnesium oxide, and the second oxide layer further includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of vanadium oxide, vanadium nitride, and vanadium carbide.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; a lower base layer formed on the substrate; and a (001) oriented L10 magnetic layer formed on the lower base layer and including a first magnetic layer formed on the lower base layer and having a granular structure of magnetic grains and a grain boundary portion, the grain boundary portion containing C, and a second magnetic layer formed on the first magnetic layer and having a granular structure of magnetic grains and a grain boundary portion, the grain boundary portion containing oxide or nitride, the second magnetic layer further containing one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ni, Zn, Ge, Pd, Sn, Ag, Re, Au and Pb as an additive.
Abstract:
A thermally-assisted magnetic recording medium or a microwave-assisted magnetic recording medium includes: an orientation control layer (104) that is formed on a substrate (101); an underlayer (10) that is formed on the orientation control layer (104); and a magnetic layer (108) that is formed on the underlayer (10) and contains an alloy having an L10 type crystal structure as a main component, in which the underlayer (10) includes an MgO underlayer (107) that contains MgO and has a (100) orientation and a nitride underlayer (106) that contains at least one nitride selected from the group consisting of TaN, NbN, and HfN and has a (100) orientation.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L10 type crystal structure, and a plurality of underlayers arranged between the substrate and the magnetic layer. At least one of the plurality of underlayers is a soft magnetic underlayer formed by an alloy having a hexagonal close packed (hcp) structure and including Co metal or Co as its main component, with a (11•0) plane oriented parallel to a surface of the substrate.