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Wear-Durable Protective Overcoats for Functional Tape Heads

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Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording

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Pole-tip recession (PTR) in magnetic tape heads is one of the major challenges faced in magnetic tape recording, which causes an increase in the magnetic spacing. In addition, tribo-electrochemical reactions can also occur through direct contact between the read/write elements and the tape material, resulting in the formation of metallic deposits. Hence, the application of an ultrathin, wear durable, electrically insulating and chemically inert overcoat on the tape-bearing surface of the head is one possible way to alleviate the issues of PTR and tribo-chemical interactions. In this chapter, the feasibility of ultrathin bi-layer SiNx/C overcoats for functional tape heads is investigated.

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Yeo, R.J. (2017). Wear-Durable Protective Overcoats for Functional Tape Heads. In: Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4882-1_6

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