Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the following general formula (i).

Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the general formula (i), and at least one hydroxyl group on a terminal of the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is substituted by any one of hydrogen, a methyl group, and a trifluoro methyl group, in which A is a group in which any one hydroxyl group on a terminal of a fluoro compound is not included, and R1 is an organic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the general formula (i), and at least one hydroxyl group on a terminal of the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is substituted by any one of hydrogen, a methyl group, and a trifluoro methyl group, in which A is a group in which any one hydroxyl group on a terminal of a fluoro compound is not included, and R1 is an organic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes an organic compound having a fullerene skeleton, and the organic compound having the fullerene skeleton is expressed by the following general formula (i).

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which, on a non-magnetic substrate 1, at least an orientation control layer that controls orientation of a layer immediately above and a vertical magnetic layer in which an easy axis of magnetization is mainly vertically oriented with respect to the non-magnetic substrate are laminated. The orientation control layer includes an Ru-containing layer containing Ru or Ru alloy, and a diffusion prevention layer provided on the Ru-containing layer on the side of the vertical magnetic layer, is made of a material having a melting point of 1500° C. or higher and 4215° C. or lower and formed by a covalent bond or an ionic bond, and prevents thermal diffusion of Ru atoms of the Ru-containing layer.

Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium which includes: forming a magnetic layer on a non-magnetic substrate; forming a dissolution layer on the magnetic layer; forming a mask layer on the dissolution layer; patterning the dissolution layer and the mask layer so as to have a pattern corresponding to a magnetic recording pattern; partially modifying or removing a part of the magnetic layer and the mask layer not covered with the dissolution layer; and dissolving the dissolution layer and removing the dissolution layer together with the mask layer which is on the dissolution layer from the surface of the magnetic layer. The dissolution layer is formed by coating a solution containing an organic silicon compound dissolved in an organic solvent on the magnetic layer, and solidifying the coated chemical solution in the step in which the dissolution layer is formed on the magnetic layer.

Abstract: Provided is a double-side coating apparatus which can uniformly coat both surfaces of a substrate to be processed with a coating solution and form uniform coating films on both the surfaces of the substrate to be processed. A double-side coating apparatus (1) includes a holding mechanism (3a) which holds a substrate (2) to be processed so that the thickness direction of the substrate (2) to be processed is a horizontal direction; a rotational driving mechanism which rotates the substrate (2) to be processed in a circumferential direction; a first coating solution nozzle (18a) which jets a coating solution onto one main surface (2a) of the substrate (2) to be processed; and a second coating solution nozzle which jets the coating solution onto the other main surface (2b) of the substrate (2) to be processed. The first coating solution nozzle (18a) and the second coating solution nozzle are symmetrically arranged with respect to a thickness center surface of the substrate (2) to be processed.