Abstract: Provided is a method comprises: continuously forming an elongated, glass film having marginal portions from molten glass into a given shape having two marginal portions, in width-directional opposite edge regions thereof, wherein the glass film having marginal portions has the marginal portions, and an effective portion formed in a width-directional central region of the glass film having marginal portions; annealing the glass film having marginal portions; continuously forming resin tapes on the glass film having marginal portions at positions adjacent to and away by a given distance from the respective marginal portions, to extend in a length direction of the glass film having marginal portions; and continuously removing each of the marginal portions from the glass film having marginal portions, along a position between the marginal portion and a corresponding one of the resin tapes, or at a given width-directional position within the corresponding resin tape.

Abstract: A container member includes a container body that contains a recording medium and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a leading edge of the contained recording medium is higher than a trailing edge, a trailing edge restriction portion that comes into contact with the trailing edge of the recording medium that is contained in the container body in a front-rear direction of the recording medium and that restricts a position of the trailing edge of the recording medium, and a restriction portion that restricts movement of the trailing edge in a thickness direction of the recording medium that is contained in the container body.

Abstract: An accommodating device includes a device body, an accommodating unit that is movable to a supply position where a user is able to supply a medium by being pulled out from the device body in a pulling direction and of which a centroid position is located on one side surface side with respect to a center in an intersecting direction with the pulling direction, a first expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed to one side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction, and a second expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed at a position higher than the first expanding and contracting member on the other side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; a soft magnetic layer; a first seed layer; a second seed layer; an underlayer; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft magnetic layer, the first seed layer, the second seed layer, the underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer are disposed on the non-magnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer includes MoS2, hexagonal-BN, WS2, WSe2 or graphite. The second seed layer includes AlN having a hexagonal wurtzite type crystal structure. The underlayer includes Ru.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an AlN-based laminate includes: forming on or above a substrate 210 a single-crystalline electrode layer 230 containing a metal element; and forming an AlN-based piezoelectric layer 240 on the electrode layer 230 by sputtering. Forming the piezoelectric layer 240 includes applying a pulse voltage to a target during the sputtering at a duty ratio of not more than 4% and at an average power density during pulse application of from 200 W/cm2 to 2500 W/cm2.

Abstract: A piezoelectric film including a piezoelectric body configured to extract radio waves of a required frequency by resonance is provided. The piezoelectric body is based on either of ScAlN or AlN, and an X-ray rocking curve full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the piezoelectric body in a lattice plane with a Miller index of (11-20) is not more than 10°.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate including: a substrate 210, an electrode layer 230 disposed on or above the substrate 210 and having a single-crystalline structure containing a metal element; a buffer layer 220 formed between the substrate 210 and the electrode layer 230 and configured to improve crystal orientation of the electrode layer 230; and a piezoelectric layer 240 formed on the electrode layer 230 and made of a piezoelectric body. Each of the buffer layer 220 and the piezoelectric layer 240 has a single-crystalline structure based on a composition of either ScAlN or AlN.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer disposed above the substrate, and a first magnetic layer disposed above the underlayer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including magnetic grains having a L10 structure, and grain boundaries. A content of the grain boundaries is in a range of 25 volume percent to 50 volume percent, and the grain boundaries include a chalcogenide-based layered material.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, an underlayer disposed above the substrate, and a first magnetic layer disposed above the underlayer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including magnetic grains having a L10 structure, and grain boundaries. A content of the grain boundaries is in a range of 25 volume percent to 50 volume percent, and the grain boundaries include a chalcogenide-based layered material.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate; a soft magnetic layer; a first seed layer; a second seed layer; an underlayer; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft magnetic layer, the first seed layer, the second seed layer, the underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer are disposed on the non-magnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer includes MoS2, hexagonal-BN, WS2, WSe2 or graphite. The second seed layer includes AlN having a hexagonal wurtzite type crystal structure. The underlayer includes Ru.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer from the non-magnetic substrate side in this order. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic grain and provided farthest from the non-magnetic substrate. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains an oxide in a grain boundary. The second magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains a carbide of an element contained in the magnetic grain in a grain boundary.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer from the non-magnetic substrate side in this order. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic grain and provided farthest from the non-magnetic substrate. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains an oxide in a grain boundary. The second magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains a nitride of an element contained in the magnetic grain in a grain boundary.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protection layer that are arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer that are arranged in this order on the orientation control layer. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure including an oxide at grain boundary parts of magnetic grains, and the second magnetic layer is closest to the protection layer among layers within the perpendicular magnetic layer, and includes magnetic grains made of a CoCrPt alloy, and a nitride of carbon or a hydride of carbon.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate on which at least a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer are disposed. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes first to fourth magnetic layers. A first exchange coupling control layer is disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A second exchange coupling control layer is disposed between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer. Following relations are satisfied where Kui is a magnetic anisotropic constant of an i-th magnetic layer, Msi is a saturation magnetization of the i-th magnetic layer, and ti is a film thickness of the i-th magnetic layer, Ku1>Ku2, Ku2>Ku3, Ms1×t1>Ms2×t2, Ms2×t2>Ms3×t3, Ku3<Ku4, and Ms3×t3<Ms4×t4.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer from the non-magnetic substrate side in this order. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic grain and provided farthest from the non-magnetic substrate. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains an oxide in a grain boundary. The second magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains a carbide of an element contained in the magnetic grain in a grain boundary.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer arranged in this order. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer from the non-magnetic substrate side in this order. The second magnetic layer contains a magnetic grain and provided farthest from the non-magnetic substrate. The first magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains an oxide in a grain boundary. The second magnetic layer has a granular structure that contains a nitride of an element contained in the magnetic grain in a grain boundary.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate on which at least a soft magnetic underlayer, an orientation control layer, a perpendicular magnetic layer, and a protective layer are disposed. The perpendicular magnetic layer includes first to fourth magnetic layers. A first exchange coupling control layer is disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. A second exchange coupling control layer is disposed between the second magnetic layer and the third magnetic layer. Following relations are satisfied where Kui is a magnetic anisotropic constant of an i-th magnetic layer, Msi is a saturation magnetization of the i-th magnetic layer, and t1 is a film thickness of the i-th magnetic layer, Ku1>Ku2, Ku2>Ku3, Ms1×t1>Ms2×t2, Ms2×t2>Ms3×t3 r Ku3<Ku4, and Ms3×t3<Ms4×t4.