title: Novel scheme for producing nanoscale uniform grains based on templated two-phase growth.
abstract: Future magnetic recording media require firm control of the microstructure particularly with uniform grain size at the nanometer scale. Using self-assembling block copolymers as an etch-mask, a novel underlayer is patterned with a carefully designed surface morphology. Two-phase growth with magnetic grains encircled by an oxide phase is guided by the templated underlayer to create high-coercivity magnetic media with uniform grain size at the nanoscale.
authors.affiliation: Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
authors.forename: Vignesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sundar
authors.forename: Jingxi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Laughlin
authors.forename: Jian-Gang Jimmy
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Zhu