Showa Denko K.k.

Resonac Corporation

Yuji Umemoto

Takayuki Fukushima

Lei Zhang

Hisato Shibata

Takehiro Yamaguchi

Chen Xu

Hiroshi Koyanagi

Kazuya Niwa

Tomoo Shige

Hiroaki Nemoto

Tetsuya Kanbe

Koichi Nagasaka

Koji Take

A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer formed on the underlayer. The magnetic layer includes an alloy having a L1structure. The underlayer includes a first underlayer and a second underlayer. The first underlayer includes Mo and Ru, the content of Ru in the first underlayer is in a range of 5 atom % to 30 atom %, and the second underlayer includes a material having a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure. The second underlayer is formed between the first underlayer and the substrate.

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic read/write apparatus

The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium including a substrate; an underlayer laminated upon the substrate; and a magnetic layer laminated upon the underlayer, wherein the underlayer includes a first underlayer containing a compound represented by a following general formula: MgO, where X is within a range of 0.07 to 0.25, the magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer containing an alloy having a L1structure, and the alloy having the L1structure includes B, and the first underlayer is in contact with the first magnetic layer.

Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device

A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer including magnetic grains having an L1structure. The magnetic recording layer is (001) oriented, and a surface of growth of the magnetic recording layer includes a (001) plane, a (111) plane, and planes equivalent to the (111) plane. An area ratio of the (111) plane and the planes equivalent to the (111) plane, represented by (A+A)/(A+A+A), is in a range of 0.2 to 0.7, where Adenotes an area of the (111) plane, Adenotes an area of the planes equivalent to the (111) plane, and Adenotes an area of the (001) plane.

Magnetic recording medium, magnetic storage apparatus, and method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium

A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer provided above the substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on and in contact with the underlayer. The underlayer includes a compound represented by a general formula MgO, where x falls within a range of 0.07 to 0.25. The magnetic layer includes an alloy having a L1structure, and the alloy having the L1structure includes one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Al, Si, Ga, and Ge.

Magnetic recording medium utilizing adjacent underlayer and magnetic layer having particular compositions, magnetic storage apparatus, and method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium

A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; a soft magnetic underlayer laminated on the substrate; an amorphous barrier layer laminated on the soft magnetic underlayer; and a magnetic recording layer laminated on the amorphous barrier layer, wherein the soft magnetic underlayer includes Fe, B, Si, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Zr, Mo, and Ta, wherein the amorphous barrier layer includes Si, W, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, Zr, Mo, and Ta, and wherein the magnetic recording layer includes an alloy having an L1structure.

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device

A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer, and a magnetic layer that are arranged in this order. The magnetic layer has a granular structure including magnetic grains having a L1crystal structure, and grain boundary parts having a volume fraction in a range of 25 volume % to 50 volume %. The magnetic grains have a c-axis orientation with respect to the substrate. The grain boundary parts include a material having a lattice constant in a range of 0.30 nm to 0.36 nm, or in a range of 0.60 nm to 0.72 nm.

High density magnetic recording medium for heat-assisted magnetic storage apparatus

A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; an underlayer; a magnetic layer including an alloy having an L1type crystal structure; and a protective layer, wherein the substrate, the underlayer, the magnetic layer, and the protective layer are stacked in the recited order. A pinning layer is further included between the magnetic layer and the protective layer, and the pinning layer includes a magnetic material including Co and includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, and Al.

Assisted magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus

A heat-assisted magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer, and a magnetic layer including an alloy having a L1crystal structure and first and second layers, arranged in this order. Each of the first and second layers has a granular structure including C, SiO, and BN at grain boundaries. Vol % of the grain boundaries in each of the first and second layers is 25 to 45 vol %. Vol % of C in the first layer is 5 to 22 vol %, and a volume ratio of SiOwith respect to BN in each of the first and second layers is 0.25 to 3.5. Vol % of SiOin the second layer is greater than that of the first layer by 5 vol % or more. Vol % of BN in the second layer is smaller than that in the first layer by 2 vol % or more.

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Yuji Umemoto