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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Showa Denko K.k., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHOWA DENKO K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 9/14 (2006.01); G11B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 9/04 (2013.01); G11B 9/14 (2013.01); G11B 9/149 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a recording medium comprising a substrate, a platinum layer formed on the substrate and having a (111) plane preferentially oriented, and a fullerene single crystal thin film formed on the platinum layer, and configured to be a recording layer, wherein an average value of average surface roughness Ra's with respect to four or more visual fields measured by using an atomic force microscope in a surface of the fullerene thin film is 0.5 nm or less.