National University of Singapore

Irfan Haider Abidi

Barbaros Ozyilmaz

Chee Tat Toh

Henrik Andersen

Barbaros Oezyilmaz

Cagdas Cetin

Hongji Zhang

Chee-Tat Toh

Alexander Mayorov

Darim Badur Ferry

A seed layer for inducing nucleation to form a layer of material is described. In an embodiment, the seed layer comprising a layer of two-dimensional monolayer amorphous material having a disordered atomic structure adapted to create localised electronic states to form electric potential wells for bonding adatoms to a surface of the seed layer via van der Waals interaction to form the layer of material, wherein each of the electric potential wells has a potential energy larger in magnitude than surrounding thermal energy to capture adatoms on the surface of the seed layer. Embodiments in relation to a method for forming the seed layer, a heterostructure comprising the seed layer, a method for forming the heterostructure comprising the seed layer, a device comprising the heterostructure and a method of enhancing vdW interaction between adatoms and a surface of the seed layer are also described.

Seed layer, a heterostructure comprising the seed layer and a method of forming a layer of material using the seed layer

A recording device comprising an overcoat layer, wherein the overcoat layer comprises an amorphous carbon overcoat layer having a crystallinity (C)&#x2264;0.8.

Two dimensional amorphous carbon as overcoat for heat assisted magnetic recording media

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Singapore, Singapore

Irfan Haider Abidi