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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Paul M. Jones, St. John, VI (US);
Xiaoping Yan, Wexford, PA (US);
Lei LI, Wexford, PA (US);
James Dillon Kiely, Edina, MN (US);
Christopher Loren Platt, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael J. Stirniman, Fremont, CA (US);
Jiping Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiao-tee Hsia, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Paul M. Jones, St. John, VI (US);
Xiaoping Yan, Wexford, PA (US);
Lei Li, Wexford, PA (US);
James Dillon Kiely, Edina, MN (US);
Christopher Loren Platt, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael J. Stirniman, Fremont, CA (US);
Jiping Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiao-Tee Hsia, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic data storage medium may include a substrate, a magnetic recording layer, a protective carbon overcoat, and a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms adjacent a surface of the protective carbon overcoat. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolayer comprises at least one of hydrogen, fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, and a fluoro-organic molecule. In some embodiments, a surface of a read and recording head may also include a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms of a protective carbon overcoat.