摘要:
A magnetic recording medium that enables enhancement of squareness ratio and Hn and exhibits excellent noise characteristics and thermal stability is disclosed. A production process for the medium, and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus are also disclosed. The magnetic recording medium including a substrate 1, a carbon-containing carbon undercoat film 2 formed thereon, and a perpendicular magnetic film 3, in which most of easy-magnetization axes are oriented vertically with respect to the substrate, formed on the undercoat film. The perpendicular magnetic film is formed through a plurality of sputtering operations using at least one element selected from Pt and Pd and through a plurality of sputtering operations using a Co-containing material.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate 1 having thereon an in-plane magnetic film 3 having a magnetic easy axis oriented in the in-plane direction with respect to the substrate and a vertical magnetic film 6 having a magnetic easy axis oriented perpendicularly to the substrate. The in-plane magnetic film 3 is disposed closer to the substrate 1 than the vertical magnetic film 6. In preferred embodiments, the magnetic recording medium may further comprise a separation film 4 disposed between the in-plane magnetic film 3 and the vertical magnetic film 6, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer 5 having an hcp structure disposed between the separation film 4 and the vertical magnetic film 6, and a protective film 7. The magnetic recording medium is adapted for use with a signal processing system generally used for in-plane magnetic recording media without modification of the signal processing system.
摘要:
A high density magnetic recording medium including aggregates of magnetic nanoparticles arranged stably and efficiently in demarcated sections in the surface of a substrate is manufactured by the steps of forming a plurality of parallel tracks in the surface of the substrate, forming a plurality of minute recesses serially at approximately equal intervals in each of the tracks, casting a liquid dispersion of magnetic nanoparticles into the minute recesses, and evaporating dispersing medium from the liquid dispersion, thereby forming an aggregate of magnetic nanoparticles in each of the minute recesses.
摘要:
A magnetic recording medium comprises a substrate, an undercoat layer, a magnetic layer, and a protective film. The undercoat layer and the magnetic layer are provided atop the substrate. The magnetic layer contains a noble metal layer containing Pt or Pd, a cobalt layer containing Co, and a non-magnetic material layer containing C or Si or Ge.
摘要:
A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell is inexpensive and has high durability against methanol. A method of manufacturing and fixing the cathode catalyst, and a fuel cell including it, are disclosed. The cathode catalyst includes a compound selected from the group consisting of PdSn, PdAu, PdCo, PdWO3, and mixtures thereof. The present invention can provide a non-platinum-based cathode catalyst as a substitute for a platinum catalyst, the cathode catalyst having a low cost and improved catalyst activity, thereby contributing to popular use of a fuel cell. In addition, since the cathode catalyst of the present invention has high durability against methanol and can thereby be used with a fuel in a high concentration, it can increase the energy density of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC).
摘要:
A fuel cell includes a substrate having a pair of grooves, an electrolyte membrane lying on the substrate so as to define a pair of flow channels, and catalyst-bearing current collector layer sections disposed on the inner wall of the grooves or the inside surface of the electrolyte membrane defining the channels. A fuel liquid flows through the first channel to undergo anodic reaction, an oxidant liquid in the form of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution flows through the second channel to undergo cathodic reaction, and hydrogen ions traverse the electrolyte membrane.
摘要:
A silica-based interlayer insulating layer having a low dielectric constant is formed with SOG material on a substrate, in which a wiring-layer forming space is then formed. If necessary, a UV ray irradiation is performed under an oxidizing atmosphere. A Si—OH bond is formed on a surface of the insulating layer. A monomolecular layer film is then adhered to the inner surface of the space, which is then modified to be a catalyst with a solution containing Pd compound. On the catalyst monomolecular layer, a copper-diffusion-resistant film is formed by electroless plating, on which a copper plate is then formed as a wiring layer.
摘要:
A soft magnetic thin film for magnetic head has high saturation magnetization and at the same time high resistivity. There are provided a method of manufacturing the soft magnetic thin film and a magnetic head and a magnetic storage unit which use the soft magnetic thin film. At least one of lower and upper soft magnetic layers of magnetic head which define a magnetic circuit is formed of a soft magnetic thin film having as a main constituent a Co--Ni--Fe alloy consisting of 30 to 90 at % Co, less than 40 at % Ni and less than 40 at % Fe and containing at least S by 0.5 to 4 at %. The soft magnetic thin film is formed from a Co--Ni--Fe alloy plating solution containing metal salts of Co, Ni and Fe and additionally containing a sulfur system organic compound through electrodeposition process.
摘要:
A battery state estimating apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain a plurality of complex impedances of a battery at a plurality of different temperatures; a calculator configured to calculate a slope of a straight line connecting values of the obtained plurality of complex impedances at a first predetermined frequency on a complex plane having an axis that is a real component of the complex impedance and an axis that is an imaginary component of the complex impedance, as a slope of the complex impedance; a storage configured to store in advance a relation between the slope of the complex impedance and a battery state associated with the battery; and an estimator configured to estimate the battery state on the basis of the calculated slope of the complex impedance and the stored relation.
摘要:
According to the present invention, a magnetic recording medium is provided including a disk-shaped non-magnetic substrate and at least a perpendicular magnetic layer formed on the disk-shaped non-magnetic substrate, wherein the perpendicular magnetic layer has a structure in which an FePt or CoPt nanoparticle array is formed on a formation surface, on which a plurality of striations each having a circumferential directional component are formed, by a texturing treatment; a manufacturing method thereof; and a magnetic record/reproduction apparatus including the magnetic recording medium or a magnetic recording medium manufactured according to the manufacturing method.