JP2011141947A - Resin stamper for pattern transfer, method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium using the same, and the magnetic recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a stamper for pattern transfer that properly transfers a pattern. <P>SOLUTION: The pattern is transferred by using a UV-curable resin whose surface tension is 31 to 39 mN/m, and a stamper whose critical surface tension is 26 to 31 mN/m and that is molded by adding a release agent and injection molding, in combination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium having a discrete track on the surface of a magnetic recording layer, and more particularly to a resin stamper used when transferring a discrete track shape.

  In recent years, nanoimprint technology has attracted attention in various fields for further higher density and higher accuracy.

  For example, application to semiconductors, optical elements, magnetic recording media, and the like is being studied.

  In a magnetic recording medium, a discrete track medium in which adjacent recording tracks are separated by a groove or a guard band made of a non-magnetic material to reduce magnetic interference between adjacent tracks in order to cope with higher density. Is attracting attention.

  When manufacturing such a discrete track medium, a nanoimprint technique can be applied using a stamper to form a discrete track pattern of the magnetic layer. If the magnetic layer pattern corresponding to the signal of the servo area is formed together with the recording track pattern by the imprint method, it is possible to eliminate the process of drawing the servo track which is necessary when manufacturing the conventional magnetic recording medium. Therefore, it leads to cost reduction.

  As a process for forming such a discrete track pattern, a process of transferring a resist pattern from an Ni stamper by, for example, a high-pressure imprint method or a thermal imprint method has been used. It has a short lifetime and is not suitable for mass production. Also, when the data density was increased and the track became finer, the transfer of the resist pattern was not successful.

  For this reason, the use of the optical nanoimprint method has attracted attention as another nanoimprint technique.

  To transfer a pattern to a resist on a discrete track medium using the optical nanoimprint method, first, a resin stamper is duplicated by injection molding from a Ni stamper (mother stamper), and the resin stamper and uncured used as a resist. The ultraviolet curable resin layer is subjected to vacuum bonding. It was found that this method can reduce the cost and is suitable for miniaturization.

  Here, the properties required for the ultraviolet curable resin for transferring to the discrete track medium include: coating properties on the medium, viscosity, curability, peelability from the resin stamper, and processing the transferred pattern. Etching resistance and cure shrinkage are raised. Although the thickness of the UV curable resin needs to be sufficient for imprinting relative to the height of the unevenness of the transfer pattern, considering the subsequent processing steps, the residual UV curable resin after imprinting Should be less. For this purpose, it is desirable that the coating thickness of the ultraviolet curable resin layer be 60 nm or less.

  For example, as an ultraviolet curable resin for performing radical polymerization, an ultraviolet curable resin in which an initiator, an oligomer having a vinyl (acryloyl) group, and a monomer are mixed can be used. However, when an oligomer is placed in the ultraviolet curable resin, the viscosity increases, and it is difficult to make the coating film thickness 60 nm or less.

  In addition, examples of the ultraviolet curable resin for nanoimprint include an ultraviolet curable resin to which a surfactant is added in order to improve coatability and peelability (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, when too much surfactant is used, it is easy to inhibit the curing, lengthen the curing time, and deteriorate the magnetic recording medium.

  Furthermore, since it is necessary to make the coating thickness as very thin as 60 nm or less, it is difficult to control the thickness unless the viscosity of the ultraviolet curable resin is 15 cP or less.

  When cured with a monofunctional monomer alone, the curability of the film was poor. On the other hand, when the number of functional groups was increased, the film was cured, but the cure shrinkage was likely to increase.

JP 2008-19292 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to obtain a pattern transfer resin stamper capable of performing good pattern transfer in a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium.

The magnetic recording medium pattern transfer stamper of the present invention is added with a release agent having a concavo-convex pattern transferred via an ultraviolet curable resin coating layer in order to form a track pattern on the recording layer surface of the recording medium. The concave / convex pattern has a main area corresponding to a data area including a data recording portion and an address portion of the recording medium, and a dummy area other than the main area. And
The ultraviolet curable resin has a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m,
The stamper has a critical surface tension of 26 to 31 mN / m.

The method for producing a magnetic recording medium of the present invention comprises a magnetic recording layer surface of a magnetic recording medium and a critical surface tension of 26 to 31 mN / m under vacuum, and is molded by injection molding with a release agent added. In addition, the surface tension of the main region corresponding to the data region including the data recording portion and the address portion of the recording medium and the concave / convex pattern surface of the resin stamper having the dummy region other than the main region has a surface tension of 31 to Bonding via an uncured UV curable resin coating layer of 39 mN / m,
Irradiate ultraviolet rays to the coating layer of the uncured ultraviolet curable resin to cure,
The resin stamper is peeled off, and a concavo-convex pattern is transferred onto one side of the magnetic recording medium to form a cured ultraviolet curable resin layer,
Dry etching is performed using the cured ultraviolet curable resin layer as a mask to form a concavo-convex pattern on the surface of the magnetic recording layer.

  By using the present invention, it is possible to perform good pattern transfer in a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium.

It is a figure showing the pattern transfer method used for this invention. It is a figure showing the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus which records / reproduces a magnetic recording medium. It is a figure showing an example of the manufacturing method of a discrete type magnetic recording medium.

  The pattern transfer stamper of the present invention is used in combination with an ultraviolet curable resin having a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m, and is used for forming a track pattern on the surface of the recording layer of the recording medium. It has a concavo-convex pattern transferred through a coating layer of an ultraviolet curable resin having a surface tension of 3 mN / m and a critical surface tension of 31 mN / m or less.

  The concavo-convex pattern may have a main area corresponding to a data area including a data recording part and an address part of the recording medium, and a dummy area other than the main area.

  The critical surface tension of a solid stamper can be measured by the Zisman method. The measurement of the critical surface tension can be performed using a mirror surface portion on which the unevenness pattern of the resin stamper is formed, on which the unevenness is not formed. The measuring apparatus used is a DropMaster 500 image processing type / solid-liquid interface analysis system manufactured by Kyowa Interface Science. As the test solution, four types of liquid mixture reagent 31, reagent 34, reagent 37, and reagent 40 manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. were used. The contact angle θ with each reagent was measured, and the surface tension of the reagent was contacted. The surface tension at which cos θ = 1 is extrapolated from the relationship of angular cos θ can be the critical surface tension.

  On the other hand, the surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin that is a liquid can be measured using, for example, a plate method (Wilhelmy method) and an automatic surface tension meter CBVP-Z type manufactured by Kyowa Interface Chemical.

The method for producing a magnetic recording medium uses a combination of a pattern forming stamper having a critical surface tension of 31 mN / m or less and an ultraviolet curable resin having a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m. An uncured ultraviolet curable resin coating layer formed on the magnetic recording layer of the recording medium and having a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m, and an uneven pattern surface, the critical surface tension of which is 31 mN / m or less A certain resin stamper is contacted under vacuum,
Irradiate UV to the coating layer of uncured UV curable resin to cure,
The resin stamper is peeled off, a concavo-convex pattern is transferred onto one side of the magnetic recording medium, and a cured ultraviolet curable resin layer is formed.
Using the cured ultraviolet curable resin layer as a mask, dry etching is performed to form an uneven pattern on the surface of the magnetic recording layer. According to the present invention, an ultraviolet curable resin having a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m, and 31 mN When used in combination with a stamper having a critical surface tension of less than / m, the peelability between the stamper after vacuum bonding and UV curing and the cured UV resin layer is good in the manufacture of discrete magnetic recording media. Become. Thereby, pattern transfer with high accuracy is possible.

  On the other hand, if the critical surface tension of the stamper is greater than 31 mN / m, an ultraviolet curable resin residue tends to remain when the stamper is peeled off after being stuck together.

  The surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin can be further set to 31 to 36 mN / m.

  The critical surface tension of the stamper can be further set to 26 to 31 mN / m. If it is less than 26, it tends to be difficult to transfer the fine pattern from the Ni stamper.

  Hereinafter, a pattern transfer method used in the present invention will be schematically described with reference to FIGS. 1 (a) to 1 (d) with reference to the drawings.

  These drawings show a case where a pattern is transferred to one side of a medium substrate. As shown in FIG. 1A, a medium substrate 51 is installed on the spinner 41. As shown in FIG. 1B, an ultraviolet curable resin (2P resin) is dropped from a dispenser 42 and spin-coated while the medium substrate 51 is spun together with the spinner 41. As shown in FIG. 1C, in the vacuum chamber 81, one surface of the magnetic recording medium 51 and the pattern surface of the transparent stamper 71 are bonded together via a 2P resin layer (not shown) under vacuum. As shown in FIG. 1D, the 2P resin layer is cured by irradiating UV from a UV light source 43 through a transparent stamper 71 under atmospheric pressure. After FIG. 1D, the transparent stamper 71 is peeled off.

  Examples of the magnetic disk substrate that can be used in the present invention include a glass substrate, an Al-based alloy substrate, a ceramic substrate, a carbon substrate, a Si single crystal substrate having an oxidized surface, and a NiP layer formed on the surface of these substrates. Can be used. Amorphous glass or crystallized glass can be used for the glass substrate. Examples of the amorphous glass include soda lime glass and aluminosilicate glass. Examples of crystallized glass include lithium-based crystallized glass. As the ceramic substrate, a sintered body mainly composed of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride or the like, or a fiber reinforced one of these sintered bodies can be used. To form the NiP layer on the surface of the substrate, plating or sputtering is used.

  When a perpendicular magnetic recording medium is manufactured, a so-called perpendicular double-layer medium in which a perpendicular magnetic recording layer is provided on a substrate via a soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) can be used. The soft magnetic underlayer of the perpendicular double-layer medium is provided in order to pass the recording magnetic field from the recording magnetic pole and to return the recording magnetic field to the return yoke disposed in the vicinity of the recording magnetic pole. That is, the soft magnetic underlayer plays a part of the function of the recording head and plays a role of improving the recording efficiency by applying a steep vertical magnetic field to the recording layer.

  Examples of the soft magnetic underlayer that can be used in the present invention include a high magnetic permeability material containing at least one of Fe, Ni, and Co. Such materials include FeCo alloys such as FeCo and FeCoV, FeNi alloys such as FeNi, FeNiMo, FeNiCr and FeNiSi, FeAl alloys and FeSi alloys such as FeAl, FeAlSi, FeAlSiCr, FeAlSiTiRu, FeAlO, and FeTa alloys such as Examples thereof include FeZr alloys such as FeTa, FeTaC, and FeTaN, such as FeZrN.

  As the soft magnetic underlayer, a material having a fine crystal structure such as FeAlO, FeMgO, FeTaN, FeZrN or the like containing 60 atomic% or more of Fe, or a granular structure in which fine crystal particles are dispersed in a matrix can be used.

  As another material of the soft magnetic underlayer, a Co alloy containing Co and at least one of Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Ti, and Y can be used. Co is preferably contained at 80 atomic% or more. When such a Co alloy is formed by sputtering, an amorphous layer is easily formed. Amorphous soft magnetic materials do not have magnetocrystalline anisotropy, crystal defects, and grain boundaries, and thus exhibit very excellent soft magnetism. Further, by using an amorphous soft magnetic material, it is possible to reduce the noise of the medium. Suitable examples of the amorphous soft magnetic material include CoZr, CoZrNb, and CoZrTa-based alloys.

  Under the soft magnetic underlayer, an underlayer can be further provided in order to improve the crystallinity of the soft magnetic underlayer or the adhesion to the substrate. As the underlayer material, Ti, Ta, W, Cr, Pt, alloys containing these, or oxides or nitrides thereof can be used.

  An intermediate layer made of a non-magnetic material can be provided between the soft magnetic underlayer and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The role of the intermediate layer is to block the exchange coupling interaction between the soft magnetic underlayer and the recording layer and to control the crystallinity of the recording layer. As the intermediate layer material, Ru, Pt, Pd, W, Ti, Ta, Cr, Si, an alloy containing these, or an oxide or nitride thereof can be used.

  In order to prevent spike noise, the soft magnetic underlayer can be divided into a plurality of layers and antiferromagnetically coupled by sandwiching Ru having a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 nm. Further, the soft magnetic layer can be exchange-coupled with a hard magnetic film having in-plane anisotropy such as CoCrPt, SmCo, or FePt or a pinning layer made of an antiferromagnetic material such as IrMn or PtMn. In this case, in order to control the exchange coupling force, a magnetic layer such as Co or a nonmagnetic layer such as Pt can be stacked on and under the Ru layer.

  For the perpendicular magnetic recording layer that can be used in the present invention, for example, a material containing Co as a main component, containing at least Pt, optionally containing Cr, and further containing an oxide (for example, silicon oxide or titanium oxide) is used. be able to. In the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, the magnetic crystal grains preferably have a columnar structure. In the perpendicular magnetic recording layer having such a structure, the orientation and crystallinity of the magnetic crystal grains are good, and as a result, a signal / noise ratio (S / N ratio) suitable for high-density recording can be obtained. In order to obtain the above structure, the amount of oxide is important. The content of the oxide can be 3 mol% or more and 12 mol% or less, and further can be 5 mol% or more and 10 mol% or less with respect to the total amount of Co, Pt, and Cr. When the content of the oxide in the perpendicular magnetic recording layer is in the above range, the oxide is precipitated around the magnetic particles, and the magnetic particles can be isolated and refined. When the content of the oxide exceeds the above range, the oxide remains in the magnetic particles, the orientation and crystallinity of the magnetic particles are impaired, and further, oxides are deposited above and below the magnetic particles. As a result, the magnetic particles However, there is a tendency that a columnar structure penetrating the perpendicular magnetic recording layer vertically is not formed. On the other hand, when the oxide content is less than the above range, isolation and miniaturization of the magnetic particles are insufficient, resulting in an increase in noise during recording and reproduction, and a signal / noise ratio suitable for high density recording ( (S / N ratio) tends not to be obtained.

  The content of Pt in the perpendicular magnetic recording layer can be 10 atomic% or more and 25 atomic% or less. When the Pt content is in the above range, the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constant Ku necessary for the perpendicular magnetic recording layer can be obtained, and the crystallinity and orientation of the magnetic particles are improved, which is suitable for high density recording as a result. Thermal fluctuation characteristics and recording / reproduction characteristics can be obtained. When the Pt content exceeds the above range, a layer having an fcc structure is formed in the magnetic particles, and the crystallinity and orientation may be impaired. On the other hand, when the Pt content is less than the above range, there is a tendency that Ku suitable for high-density recording, and hence thermal fluctuation characteristics, cannot be obtained.

  The Cr content in the perpendicular magnetic recording layer is preferably 0 atomic% or more and 16 atomic% or less, and more preferably 10 atomic% or more and 14 atomic% or less. When the Cr content is in the above range, high magnetization can be maintained without lowering the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constant Ku of the magnetic particles, and as a result, recording / reproducing characteristics suitable for high-density recording and sufficient thermal fluctuation characteristics can be obtained. . When the Cr content exceeds the above range, Ku of the magnetic particles is reduced, so that the thermal fluctuation characteristics are deteriorated, and the crystallinity and orientation of the magnetic particles are deteriorated. As a result, the recording / reproducing characteristics tend to be deteriorated. .

  The perpendicular magnetic recording layer contains one or more additional elements selected from B, Ta, Mo, Cu, Nd, W, Nb, Sm, Tb, Ru, and Re in addition to Co, Pt, Cr, and oxide. be able to. By including these additive elements, it is possible to promote miniaturization of magnetic particles or improve crystallinity and orientation, and to obtain recording / reproduction characteristics and thermal fluctuation characteristics suitable for higher density recording. it can. The total content of these additive elements can be 8 atomic% or less. If it exceeds 8 atomic%, a phase other than the hcp phase is formed in the magnetic particles, so that the crystallinity and orientation of the magnetic particles are disturbed. As a result, recording / reproducing characteristics and thermal fluctuation characteristics suitable for high-density recording are obtained. There is a tendency not to be obtained.

  Other materials for the perpendicular magnetic recording layer include CoPt alloys, CoCr alloys, CoPtCr alloys, CoPtO, CoPtCrO, CoPtSi, and CoPtCrSi. For the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, a multilayer film of Co and an alloy mainly composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Rh, and Ru can be used. In addition, a multilayer film such as CoCr / PtCr, CoB / PdB, or CoO / RhO to which Cr, B, or O is added can be used for each layer of these multilayer films.

  The thickness of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer can be 5 to 60 nm, and further can be 10 to 40 nm. A perpendicular magnetic recording layer having a thickness in this range is suitable for high recording density. If the thickness of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer is less than 5 nm, the reproduction output tends to be too low and the noise component tends to be higher. On the other hand, if the thickness of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer exceeds 40 nm, the reproduction output tends to be too high and the waveform tends to be distorted. The coercive force of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer can be 237000 A / m (3000 Oe) or more. When the coercive force is less than 237000 A / m (3000 Oe), the thermal fluctuation resistance tends to be inferior. The perpendicular squareness ratio of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer can be 0.8 or more. When the vertical squareness ratio is less than 0.8, the thermal fluctuation resistance tends to be inferior.

  A protective layer can be provided on the perpendicular magnetic recording layer.

The protective layer functions to prevent corrosion of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer and to prevent damage to the medium surface when the magnetic head comes into contact with the medium. Examples of the material for the protective layer include materials containing C, SiO ₂ , and ZrO ₂ . The thickness of the protective layer is preferably 1 to 10 nm. When the thickness of the protective layer is in the above range, the distance between the head and the medium can be reduced, which is suitable for high density recording.

  As the lubricant, for example, perfluoropolyether, fluorinated alcohol, fluorinated carboxylic acid or the like can be applied to the surface of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium.

  As the ultraviolet curable resin material used in the present invention, a composition containing at least isobornyl acrylate as a monomer, trifunctional acrylate or urethane acrylate, and a polymerization initiator can be used. In addition to these, additives such as an adhesive and a release agent may be mixed at 1% by weight or less.

  The content of each of isobornyl acrylate is 40% by weight to 95% by weight, trifunctional acrylate is 1% by weight to 30% by weight, and the polymerization initiator is 0.5% by weight to 6% by weight. I can do it.

Here, as the trifunctional acrylate, for example, trimethylolpropane triacrylate trimethylolpropane PO-modified triacrylate (number of PO (propoxy group): 2, 3, 4, 6)
Trimethylolpropane EO-modified triacrylate (number of EO (ethoxy group): 3, 6, 9, 15, 20)
Tris (2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate triacrylate pentaerythritol triacrylate pentaerythritol EO modified triacrylate EO modified glycerin triacrylate propoxylated (3) glyceryl triacrylate highly propoxylated (5.5) glyceryl triacrylate trisacryloyloxyethylphos Fate ε-caprolactone modified tris (acryloxyethyl) isocyanurate can be used.

As a polymerization initiator,
An alkylphenone photopolymerization initiator, an acyl phosphine oxide polymerization initiator, a titanocene polymerization initiator, an oxime ester photopolymerization initiator, an oxime ester acetate photopolymerization initiator, or the like can be used.

As a specific example of the polymerization initiator,
2,2-dimethoxy-1,2-diphenylethane-1-one (IRGACURE651 manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals)
1-hydroxy-cyclohexyl-phenyl-ketone (IRGACURE 184 manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals)
2-Hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-1-one (DAROCUR 1173 manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals)
In addition, IRGACURE 2959, IRGACURE 127, IRGACURE 907, IRGACURE 369, IRGACURE 379, DAROCUR TPO, IRGACURE 819, IRGACURE 784, IRGACURE OXE01, IRGACURE OXE02, IRGACURE tee special
Is mentioned.

  Isobornyl acrylate has a relatively low viscosity of 9 CP and a high Tg. Moreover, since the alicyclic structure is taken, etching resistance is high and preferable.

  In addition, it is more preferable to add an acrylate having an adamantane ring structure or an aromatic ring structure to the ultraviolet curable resin because etching resistance is further improved.

  When only isobornyl acrylate and a polymerization initiator were used, the cured film had insufficient hardness. The same applies to a combination of a monofunctional monomer, a bifunctional monomer, and isobornyl acrylate, and the combination of the trifunctional monomer has good etching resistance and the cured film has sufficient hardness. In the case of a polyfunctional monomer larger than a trifunctional monomer, the viscosity becomes high, which is not preferable for the purpose of the low-viscosity ultraviolet curable resin for this purpose.

  The polymerization initiator must be selected optimally depending on the wavelength of the lamp used for UV irradiation.

As a lamp used for UV irradiation, a high-pressure mercury lamp, a metal halide lamp, a xenon flash lamp, or the like can be used.

  Further, the surface tension is preferably larger than the surface tension of the stamper and not more than 39 mN / m. Higher surface tension is preferable, but isobornyl acrylate having excellent etching resistance and material having high surface tension are not suitable for use because the material is separated after coating.

  The surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin material can be adjusted by the surface tension of each component to be blended. The surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin material can be influenced by, for example, the surface tension of acrylates that can be used as the main component of the ultraviolet curable resin material. The ultraviolet curable resin material that can be used in the present invention generally has a greater tendency toward becoming a polyfunctional acrylate, and even monofunctional acrylates are less than 31 mN / m. In the ultraviolet curable resin that can be used in the above examples, isobornyl acrylate is used as a main agent, and the surface tension of isobornyl acrylate is 31.7 mN / m. Therefore, even when other monofunctional acrylates are mixed, the lower limit is 31 mN / m in order to mix polyfunctional acrylates with high surface tension.

  The critical surface tension of the stamper can be adjusted by mixing an additive such as a release agent in the stamper molding material.

  Alternatively, the critical surface tension can be adjusted by providing, for example, a coating on the stamper surface.

  As the stamper molding material, for example, Nippon Zeon's cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R, Teijin Chemicals polycarbonate material AD5503 and the like can be used.

  As a mold release agent that can be mixed into the stamper molding material, for example, a fluorine-based mold release agent, silicone, fatty acid ester, fatty acid amide, perfluoroalkyl group-containing phosphate ester, monoglyceride, sodium laurate, sodium lauryl sulfate, etc. are used. be able to.

  Among them, glycerin monostearate, glycerin monopalmitate, glycerin monobehenate, glycerin monooleate, glycerin monodistearate, diglycerin laurate, diglyceryl stearate, sorbitan laurate, sorbitan palmitate, etc. are mixed with molding materials It is easy to make it preferable. Further, when a release agent containing fluorine is mixed, it is suitable for transferring a fine pattern, which is preferable.

  The mixing amount of the release agent can be in the range of 0.1% by weight to 5.0% by weight with respect to the stamper molding material. If the release agent is more than 5.0% by weight, it tends to be difficult to form a pattern, and if it is less than 0.1% by weight, it tends to be difficult to form a fine pattern from a Ni stamper. .

  Examples of the film that can be formed on the stamper surface include Ni (99 at%)-V (1 at%) ion plating, and a release agent coating layer.

  The thickness of the coating can be 1 to 10 nm.

  When the thickness of the coating is less than 1 nm, the coating tends to peel off, and when it exceeds 10 nm, the groove tends to be distorted.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing a magnetic recording medium.

  In this magnetic recording apparatus, a magnetic recording medium 62, a spindle motor 63 that rotates the magnetic recording medium 62, a head slider 64 that includes a recording / reproducing head, and a head suspension assembly that supports the head slider 64 are provided inside a casing 61. (Suspension 65 and actuator arm 66), a voice coil motor 67, and a circuit board.

  The magnetic recording medium 62 is attached to a spindle motor 63 and rotated, and various digital data are recorded by a perpendicular magnetic recording method. The magnetic head incorporated in the head slider 64 is a so-called composite type head, and includes a single magnetic pole structure write head and a read head using a GMR film, a TMR film, or the like. A suspension 65 is held at one end of the actuator arm 66, and the head slider 64 is supported by the suspension 65 so as to face the recording surface of the magnetic recording medium 62. The actuator arm 66 is attached to the pivot 68. A voice coil motor 67 is provided at the other end of the actuator arm 64 as an actuator. The head suspension assembly is driven by the voice coil motor 67 to position the magnetic head at an arbitrary radial position of the magnetic recording medium 61. The circuit board includes a head IC, and generates a drive signal for the voice coil motor, a control signal for controlling reading and writing by the magnetic head, and the like.

  Using this magnetic disk device, an address signal or the like can be reproduced from the processed magnetic recording medium.

  Using the method of the present invention, a magnetic disk having a track density of 325 kTPI (track per inch, corresponding to a 78 nm track pitch) in a data zone having a radius of 9 mm to 22 mm was produced.

  In order to manufacture a magnetic disk having such a servo area, imprinting is performed using a stamper having a concavo-convex pattern corresponding to the magnetic layer pattern on the magnetic disk. The concave / convex pattern of the magnetic layer formed by imprinting and subsequent processing may be filled with a concave portion with a non-magnetic material and the surface may be flattened.

  Hereinafter, a method for manufacturing the magnetic disk of this embodiment will be described.

  First, a stamper was produced.

  A 6-inch diameter Si wafer was prepared as a master substrate serving as a stamper mold. On the other hand, resist ZEP-520A manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd. was diluted 2-fold with anisole and filtered through a 0.05 μm filter. A resist solution was spin-coated on a Si wafer and then pre-baked at 200 ° C. for 3 minutes to form a resist layer having a thickness of about 50 nm.

Using an electron beam lithography apparatus having a ZrO / W thermal field emission type electron gun emitter, a desired pattern was directly drawn on the resist on the Si wafer under the condition of an acceleration voltage of 50 kV. A signal for forming a servo pattern, burst pattern, address pattern, track pattern at the time of drawing, and a stage drive system of the drawing apparatus (a so-called X-θ stage drive having a moving mechanism and a rotating mechanism of a moving axis in at least one direction) The signal source generated by synchronizing the signal sent to the system) and the electron beam deflection control signal was used. During drawing, the stage was rotated by CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) with a linear velocity of 500 mm / s, and the stage was also moved in the radial direction. Also, a concentric track area was drawn by deflecting the electron beam every rotation. In addition, 7.8 nm was sent per rotation, and one track (corresponding to one address bit width) was formed in 10 rounds.

  After immersing the Si wafer in ZED-N50 (manufactured by ZEON Corporation) for 90 seconds to develop the resist, the wafer is immersed in ZMD-B (manufactured by ZEON Corporation) for 90 seconds, rinsed, dried by air blow, A resist master was prepared.

A conductive film made of Ni was formed on the resist master by sputtering. Specifically, after using pure nickel as a target and evacuating to 8 × 10 ⁻³ Pa, a DC power of 400 W was applied for 40 seconds in a chamber in which argon gas was introduced and the pressure was adjusted to 1 Pa. Sputtering was performed to form a conductive film having a thickness of about 10 nm.

  The resist master with the conductive film was immersed in a nickel sulfamate plating solution (NS-160, Showa Chemical Co., Ltd.) and Ni electroformed for 90 minutes to form an electroformed film having a thickness of about 300 μm. The electroforming bath conditions are as follows.

Electroforming bath conditions Nickel sulfamate: 600 g / L
Boric acid: 40 g / L
Surfactant (sodium lauryl sulfate): 0.15 g / L
Liquid temperature: 55 ° C
pH: 4.0
Current density: 20 A / dm ²
The electroformed film and the conductive film were peeled off from the resist master with a resist residue attached. Resist residues were removed by oxygen plasma ashing. Specifically, plasma ashing was performed for 20 minutes by applying a power of 100 W in a chamber in which oxygen gas was introduced at 100 ml / min and the pressure was adjusted to 4 Pa.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, a father stamper 1 including such a conductive film and an electroformed film was obtained. Thereafter, electroforming was further performed, the mother stamper 2 as shown in FIG. 3B was duplicated, and unnecessary portions of the mother stamper 2 were punched out with a metal blade to obtain an injection molding stamper.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, the resin stamper 3 was duplicated from the mother stamper 2 using an injection molding apparatus manufactured by Toshiba Machine. As a molding material, a cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd. was used. The concave / convex pattern of the resin stamper may have a main area corresponding to a data area including a data recording portion and an address portion of the recording medium, and a dummy area other than the main area.

Next, a magnetic disk was produced.
A magnetic recording layer was formed by sputtering on a disk substrate made of a 1.8-inch diameter donut glass shown in FIG. A metal mask layer having a thickness of 3 nm was laminated on the magnetic recording layer. The metal that can be used for the metal mask layer is:
Ag, Al, Au, C, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pt, Pd, Ru, Si, Ta, Ti, Zn, etc., and alloys containing these (for example, CrTi, CoB, CoPt, CoZrNb, NiTa, NiW, Cr) -N, SiC, TiOx, etc.). Among these, Si and Cu are preferable because they are excellent in releasability from a resin stamper and workability. Further, the thickness of the metal mask layer is also determined by workability, and the thinner the better. In this example, Cu was laminated on a 3 nm magnetic recording layer.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (i), after the surface protective layer 6 is formed on the magnetic recording layer 5, a resist 7 made of an ultraviolet curable resin material is rotated at 10,000 rpm as shown in FIG. 3 (j). Spin coated.

Here, the ultraviolet curable resin material is a mixture of 84% by weight of isobornyl acrylate represented by the following formula (1), 10% by weight of hexafunctional urethane acrylate represented by the following formula (2), and 6% by weight of DAROCUR1173. What was done was used.

  The ultraviolet resin had a surface tension of 32 mN / m. The surface tension was measured by a plate method (Wilhelmy method) using an automatic surface tension meter CBVP-Z manufactured by Kyowa Interface Chemical. The ultraviolet curable resin is not limited to this, and can be selected from various ultraviolet curable resins as described above. The resin stamper 3 was bonded to the ultraviolet curable resin resist 7 on the surface of the disk substrate by vacuum bonding, and the resin was cured by irradiating with ultraviolet rays. Then, as shown in FIG.

  In the concavo-convex formation process by ultraviolet imprinting, a resist residue remains on the bottom of the pattern concave portion.

  Next, the resist residue at the bottom of the pattern recess was removed by RIE using oxygen gas. As shown in FIG. 3E, the magnetic recording layer was etched by Ar ion milling using the pattern of the resist 7 as a mask. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3F, the resist pattern was removed by oxygen RIE. Further, a carbon protective layer (not shown) was formed on the entire surface. Thereafter, a lubricant is applied to the produced magnetic disk.

  Here, in the magnetic disk medium described above, the magnetic recording layer is etched to the bottom at a portion where there is no resist mask. However, the medium may be such that Ar ion milling is stopped halfway and irregularities are formed. . Alternatively, the medium may be a medium in which a stamper is imprinted on a resist on a substrate without first providing a magnetic layer, and then the substrate shape is first provided with irregularities and then a magnetic film is formed. Further, in any case including those described above, the groove may be filled with some nonmagnetic material.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, an Example is shown and this invention is demonstrated more concretely.

Example 1
A resin stamper A was prepared by performing injection molding using one Ni stamper and a Teijin Chemicals polycarbonate material AD5503 mixed with 1 wt% of glycerin monostearate as an injection molding resin material. .

  When the critical surface tension was measured by the method described above, it was 31 mN / m.

  3 (c) and FIG. 3 (d), the resin stamper A having optical transparency is used, and the ultraviolet curable resin material is 84% by weight of isobornyl acrylate represented by the above formula (1), After being bonded to a magnetic recording medium through an ultraviolet curable resin resist in which 10% by weight of the hexafunctional urethane acrylate represented by the above formula (2) and 6% by weight of DAROCUR 1173 are mixed, the resin is cured by irradiating with ultraviolet rays. The resin stamper was peeled off.

  The peelability of the obtained resin stamper was visually confirmed when it was peeled off. Evaluation was made with ○ indicating that 2P resin does not remain on the resin stamper side, Δ indicating slightly remaining, and × indicating remaining over a large area. did.

  When the resin stamper after peeling was observed, the remaining peeling of the ultraviolet curable resin was not observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

  Although the groove shape was also observed with an atomic force microscope (AFM), it was found that the pattern was successfully transferred.

Example 2
As an injection molding resin material, a resin stamper B was prepared by performing injection molding using a mixture of cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R manufactured by Nippon Zeon with 1% by weight of diglyceryl stearate.

  When the critical surface tension was measured by the method described above, it was 29 mN / m.

  When a pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 and the resin stamper after peeling was observed, no peeling residue of the ultraviolet curable resin was observed. The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

Although the groove shape was also observed with AFM, it was found that the pattern was successfully transferred.

Example 3
A cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R manufactured by Nippon Zeon was used as an injection molding resin material, and Ni (99 at%)-V (1 at%) was laminated by 10 nm on an Ni stamper used for molding.

  The Ni stamper was used for injection molding to obtain a resin stamper C.

When the critical surface tension was measured by the method described above, it was 29 mN / m.

When a pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 and the resin stamper after peeling was observed, no peeling residue of the ultraviolet curable resin was observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

  When the groove shape was observed with AFM, it was found that the pattern was transferred satisfactorily.

Example 4
After applying HD2100 made by Harves Co., Ltd. as a mold release agent to a Ni stamper at 3000 rpm by spin coating at 6 nm, injection molding was performed using a cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R made by Nippon Zeon as an injection molding resin material. In this way, a resin stamper D was obtained.

When the critical surface tension was measured by the method described above, it was 28 mN / m.

  When a pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 and the resin stamper after peeling was observed, no peeling residue of the ultraviolet curable resin was observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

  When the groove shape was observed with AFM, it was found that the pattern was transferred satisfactorily.

Example 5
The UV curable resin used was a mixture of isobornyl acrylate 50 wt%, 2-phenoxyethyl acrylate 40 wt%, ethoxylated (3) tetramethylolpropane triacrylate 7 wt%, IRGACURE 369 3 wt%, and the others were the same as in Example 1. A pattern transfer / peeling experiment was conducted.

  Peeling was good and no peeling residue was observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

  Moreover, the surface tension of the used ultraviolet curable resin was 38.5 mN / m.

Comparative Example 1
A resin stamper E was prepared by injection molding using a polycarbonate material AD5503 manufactured by Teijin Chemicals as an injection molding resin material.

  When the critical surface tension was measured by the above-mentioned method, it was 35 mN / m.

  When a pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 and the resin stamper after peeling was observed, the remaining peeling of the ultraviolet curable resin was observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

Comparative Example 2
As an injection-molded resin material, injection molding was performed using a cyclic olefin polymer ZEONOR 1060R manufactured by Nippon Zeon, and a resin stamper F was produced.

When the critical surface tension was measured by the method described above, it was 33 mN / m.

When a pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 and the resin stamper after peeling was observed, the remaining peeling of the ultraviolet curable resin was observed.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

Comparative Example 3
Sartomer's CD277 (acrylate ester) was used instead of isobornyl acrylate, UV curable resin with the same composition ratio and other materials was used, and the pattern transfer / peeling experiment was performed in the same manner as in Example 1. went. The resin stamper and the UV curable resin were in close contact with each other and could not be peeled off. The surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin was 29 mN / m.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

Comparative Example 4
As a UV curable resin, a mixture of isobornyl acrylate 30 wt%, 2-phenoxyethyl acrylate 40 wt%, ethoxylated (3) tetramethylolpropane triacrylate 23 wt%, IRGACURE 369 3 wt% was used. The experiment was conducted in the same manner. The UV curable resin was cloudy and not mixed, and unevenness occurred when applied to a magnetic recording medium. Although it was peeled off, it could not be used as a pattern mask.

  The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

Comparative Example 5
A resin stamper G was prepared by injection molding using a polycarbonate material AD5503 manufactured by Teijin Chemicals Co., Ltd. as an injection molding resin material mixed with 6% by weight of glycerin monostearate as a release agent. When the pattern of the resin stamper was examined, it was not transferred from the Ni stamper and could not be used for the subsequent transfer peeling experiment.

The obtained results are shown in Table 1 below.

  From Examples 1-2, it was found that the critical surface tension of the resin stamper can be improved by adding a release agent to the molding material, and the peelability can be improved.

  In Example 3, the critical surface tension of the resin stamper could be improved by forming a Ni-V alloy film on the Ni stamper.

  NiV is higher in thermal conductivity of Ni stamper than Ni, and it is assumed that cooling of the surface of the resin stamper is improved during molding and the surface property is changed.

  In Example 4, the critical surface tension of the resin stamper could be improved by applying a release agent to the Ni stamper.

  In Example 5, the surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin was made higher than that in Example 1, so that better releasability was obtained.

  Comparative Examples 1 and 2 suggest that it is possible to change the critical surface tension by changing the molding material.

  In Comparative Examples 3 and 4, when the surface tension of the ultraviolet curable resin was lower than 31 mN / m or higher than 39 mN / m, it could not be used for pattern transfer to the magnetic recording medium.

  In Comparative Example 5, it was found that there was a problem in pattern transfer when a mold release agent was mixed in a molding resin in an amount of more than 5%.

  In addition, using the resin stamper of Examples 1 to 5 and the ultraviolet curable resin that had good pattern transfer, pattern transfer from the resin stamper was performed, the magnetic recording medium was processed, and the DTR medium was created. When the recording / reproduction characteristics were examined, good characteristics could be obtained.

  3, 71 ... Resin stamper, 5 ... Magnetic recording layer, 7 ... Ultraviolet curable resin layer, 51, 62 ... Magnetic recording medium

Claims (3)

In order to form a track pattern on the recording layer surface of the recording medium, a stamper formed by injection molding with a release agent having a concavo-convex pattern transferred through a coating layer of an ultraviolet curable resin,
The ultraviolet curable resin has a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m,
A stamper for pattern transfer, wherein the stamper has a critical surface tension of 26 to 31 mN / m. An uncured ultraviolet curable resin coating layer formed on the magnetic recording layer of the magnetic recording medium and having a surface tension of 31 to 39 mN / m, and a concavo-convex pattern surface, the critical surface tension of 26 to 31 mN / m m, and a resin stamper formed by injection molding with the addition of a release agent is brought into contact under vacuum,
The uncured ultraviolet curable resin coating layer is cured by irradiating with ultraviolet rays,
Peeling off the resin stamper to form a cured ultraviolet curable resin layer including a concavo-convex pattern transferred onto one surface of the magnetic recording medium;
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, comprising dry etching using a cured ultraviolet curable resin layer as a mask to form a concavo-convex pattern on the surface of the magnetic recording layer.   A magnetic recording medium manufactured according to the method of claim 2.

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