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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Joachim Walter Ahner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nisha Shukla, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dieter Weller, San Jose, CA (US);
Joachim Walter Ahner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nisha Shukla, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dieter Weller, San Jose, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium for high-density recording, having a doped interlayer to preserve the uniformity and ordering of the magnetic nanoparticles in its recording layer. The interlayer is doped with a high electronegativity material. The dopant atoms in the interlayer interact with the ferromagnetic nanoparticles to promote the formation of a homogeneous, ordered monolayer of nanoparticles in the recording layer. In addition, the high electronegative property of the dopant atoms holds the nanoparticles in place during the subsequent annealing process to prevent sintering and disordering damage. In one embodiment, the dopant is a halogen or non-halogen material having a high electronegativity, which is not polymerized to the matrix material in the interlayer. The matrix material may be polymerized. An example of a doped interlayer is a fluorinated carbon film.