Abstract: A lubricant compound is contained in a lubrication layer of a magnetic disk in which at least a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, and the lubricant compound contains a component A represented by Chemical formula 1 and a component B represented by Chemical formula 2: wherein X in Chemical formula 1 represents OH wherein X in Chemical formula 2 represents OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH, and the lubricant compound further contains a component C made of a specific compound having a phosphezene ring in the structure thereof.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a battery, an inverter, a converter, an electronic control unit. The inverter includes an upper arm having a third switching element and a lower arm having a fourth switching element. The converter includes an upper arm having a first switching element and a lower arm having a second switching element. The electronic control unit is configured to, when a state where the primary-side voltage is at least equal to the specified threshold continues for a specified time or longer, i) increase the primary-side voltage by repeatedly switching the second switching element between ON and OFF state while maintaining the first switching element to be OFF state, and apply the increased voltage as the secondary-side voltage to the inverter, and ii) convert the secondary-side voltage to the AC voltage by repeatedly switching each of the third and the fourth switching element between ON and OFF state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate with an adhesive auxiliary layer having an organic compound layer provided on a substrate, with an adhesive auxiliary layer to be interposed between the substrate and the organic compound layer wherein one molecule of a compound contained in the adhesive auxiliary layer includes an adsorption functional group and an adhesion promoting functional group, the adsorption functional group is composed of a modified silane group which is mainly bonded to the substrate, and the adhesion promoting functional group promotes and increases adhesion mainly to the organic compound layer.

Abstract: Provided is a mold having a release layer, in which the release layer is disposed in the mold which transfers a specific uneven pattern onto a molding material to be patterned by means of an imprinting method, wherein the main chain of the molecular chains of a compound contained in the release layer contains a fluorocarbons, the molecular chains of the compound have at least two adsorption functional groups that are adsorbed or bonded to the mold, the bonding energy in the adsorption functional groups that becomes the source of adsorption or bonding of the adsorption functional groups to the mold is greater than the bonding energy between one adsorption functional group and another adsorption functional group in the molecular chains of the compound, and the surface free energy of the release layer is optimized by means of heating.

Abstract: In a magnetic disk including a magnetic layer, a protecting layer and a lubricating layer on a substrate, the lubricating layer is formed by a self assembly monolayer. A material of the self assembly monolayer is a hydrocarbon-based silane agent or a partial fluorinated hydrocarbon-based silane agent. The magnetic layer and the protecting layer (P) are sequentially formed on the substrate, and then the substrate on which the magnetic layer and the protecting layer (P) are formed is immersed in a solution containing the hydrocarbon-based silane agent or the partial fluorinated hydrocarbon-based silane agent, and thus a lubricating layer (L) is formed on the protecting layer (P).

Abstract: A lubricant compound for a magnetic disk is provided which can realize further reduction of the magnetic spacing and moreover, has high reliability under a lower floating amount of the magnetic head involved with the recent rapid increase in the recording density and under extremely severe environmental resistance involved with diversification of the applications. A lubricant compound is contained in a lubrication layer of a magnetic disk in which at least a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, and the lubricant compound contains a component A and a component B expressed by the following chemical formula: [Chemical formula] 1 Component A: X=OH Component B: X=OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH and a component C made of a specific compound having a phosphezene ring in the structure thereof.

Abstract: A lubricant for magnetic disks which can form a lubricating layer having a reduced thickness while attaining a high coverage and is excellent in heat resistance and adhesion to a protective layer. The lubricant for magnetic disks comprises a perfluoropolyether compound in which the relationship between the number-average molecular weight and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule satisfies the following: the number-average molecular weight is in the range of 1,000-6,000; the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule is 180 or higher; and the compound is in a region located below the line connecting the point where the number-average molecular weight is 1,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 400 to the point where the number-average molecular weight is 6,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 1,600.

Abstract: In order to obtain a magnetic recording disk that exhibits high reliability even if the flying height of a magnetic head becomes very narrow, a lubricant is specified in terms of both molecular structure and quantitative data. That is, a lubricating layer 14 of the magnetic recording disk 1 is formed by a lubricant which contains perfluoropolyether compounds represented by the following chemical formula (Chemical Formula 1) and which has a first component content of 71.7%, a second component content of 15.7%, a third component content of 11.7%, a fourth component content of 0.3%, and a fifth component content of 0.6%: X—OCH2CF2—(CF2O)m(C2F4O)n—CF2OCH2O—X??(Chemical Formula 1) m, n=9 to 11 first component: X=X1=CH2CH(OH)CH2OH second component: X=X2=CH2CH(OH)CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH third component: X=X3=H fourth component: X=X4=CF3 fifth component: X=X5=CF2Cl.

Abstract: In a magnetic disk including a magnetic layer, a protecting layer and a lubricating layer on a substrate, the lubricating layer is formed by a self assembly monolayer. A material of the self assembly monolayer is a hydrocarbon-based silane agent or a partial fluorinated hydrocarbon-based silane agent. The magnetic layer and the protecting layer (P) are sequentially formed on the substrate, and then the substrate on which the magnetic layer and the protecting layer (P) are formed is immersed in a solution containing the hydrocarbon-based silane agent or the partial fluorinated hydrocarbon-based silane agent, and thus a lubricating layer (L) is formed on the protecting layer (P).

Abstract: A magnetic disc is provided with a magnetic layer, a protection layer and a lubrication layer in this order on a substrate. After successively forming the magnetic layer and the protection layer on the substrate, the protection layer is exposed to plasma under normal pressure, then, the lubrication layer is formed on the protection layer. The plasma is generated in at least one kind of gas selected from among nitrogen gas, argon gas, oxygen gas, and fluorine hydrocarbon gas. The protection layer is a hydrogenated carbon protection layer.

Abstract: A lubricant for magnetic disks which can form a lubricating layer having a reduced thickness while attaining a high coverage and is excellent in heat resistance and adhesion to a protective layer. The lubricant for magnetic disks comprises a perfluoropolyether compound in which the relationship between the number-average molecular weight and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule satisfies the following: the number-average molecular weight is in the range of 1,000-6,000; the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule is 180 or higher; and the compound is in a region located below the line connecting the point where the number-average molecular weight is 1,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 400 to the point where the number-average molecular weight is 6,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 1,600.

Abstract: In order to obtain a magnetic recording disk that exhibits high reliability even if the flying height of a magnetic head becomes very narrow, a lubricant is specified in terms of both molecular structure and quantitative data. That is, a lubricating layer 14 of the magnetic recording disk 1 is formed by a lubricant which contains perfluoropolyether compounds represented by the following chemical formula (Chemical Formula 1) and which has a first component content of 71.7%, a second component content of 15.7%, a third component content of 11.7%, a fourth component content of 0.3%, and a fifth component content of 0.

Abstract: In a magnetic recording disk 1 including a magnetic layer 12, a protective layer 13, and a lubricating layer 14, the lubricating layer 14 is made from a lubricant prepared from a composition. The weight change of the lubricant ranges from ?20% to ?50% at 300° C. in the case where the lubricant is subjected to thermogravimetric analysis in such a manner that the lubricant is heated from 40° C. to 500° C. at a heating rate of 10° C./min. The lubricant has a maximum peak at about 300° C. in the case where the lubricant is subjected to differential thermal analysis in the same manner as described above. The lubricant can be quantitatively measured for heat resistance. Therefore, a magnetic recording disk exhibiting stable performance at high temperatures and a method for manufacturing such a magnetic recording disk can be obtained.

Abstract: On producing a lubricant which is used in making a lubrication layer included in a magnetic disk from the lubricant, a phosphorus-containing compound is removed from a raw-material lubricant including the phosphorus-containing compound to produce the lubricant. The magnetic disk includes a substrate on which at least a magnetic layer, a protection layer, and the lubrication layer formed by the use of the lubricant are successively formed.

Abstract: On producing a lubricant which is used in making a lubrication layer included in a magnetic disk from the lubricant, a phosphorus-containing compound is removed from a raw-material lubricant including the phosphorus-containing compound to produce the lubricant. The magnetic disk includes a substrate on which at least a magnetic layer, a protection layer, and the lubrication layer formed by the use of the lubricant are successively formed.