In order to improve the recording efficiency in current perpendicular recording media, it is important to reduce the distance from the head to soft underlayer. In this paper, a soft magnetic intermediate layer is proposed to partially replace the presently used Ru intermediate layer. The new soft magnetic intermediate layer serves two purposes, which are as follows: 1 to decrease the thickness ...

A couple of years ago the report on the Demotic Dictionary Project highlighted our knowledge of the animals familiar to the Egyptians who lived and wro te during the • • • • • • • millennium from the 7th century B.C. until the 3rd century A.D. This was the time when Demotic was the standard script used by residents in Egypt who wished to wr i te in the Egyptian language; many Greek immigrants a...

The size of transistors has drastically reduced over the years. Interconnects have likewise also been scaled down. Today, conventional copper (Cu)-based interconnects face a significant impediment to further scaling since their electrical conductivity decreases at smaller dimensions, which worsens signal delay and energy consumption. As result, alternative scalable materials such as semi-metals...

The effects of growth rate (Gr), deposition temperature (Td), film thickness (tF ), and substrate induced strain (ǫ) on morphological, crystallographic and magnetic characteristics of equiatomic CoPt epitaxial films synthesized with pulsed laser deposition (PLD) are investigated. The (001) oriented single crystal substrates of MgO, SrTiO3 and LaAlO3 provide different degree of epitaxial strain ...

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A differential demand for copper (Cu) of essential cupro-proteins that act within the mitochondrial and chloroplastal electronic transport chains occurs along the daily light/dark cycles. This requires a fine-tuned spatiotemporal regulation of Cu delivery, becoming especially relevant under non-optimal growth conditions. When scarce, Cu is imported through plasma membrane-bound high affinity Cu...