Glass substrates and methods of annealing the same
View Patent ↗A method for forming a glass substrate comprises the steps of forming a glass blank with opposing substantially planar surfaces and at least one edge, coating the glass blank in silica-alumina nanoparticles, the silica-alumina nanoparticles comprising an inner core of silica with an outer shell of alumina, annealing the coated glass blank to form a conformal coating of silica-alumina around the glass blank, and polishing the coated glass blank to remove the conformal coating of silica-alumina from the opposing substantially planar surfaces thereof.
1. A magnetic recording medium, comprising:
a glass disk substrate with opposing substantially planar surfaces and at least one edge; and
a magnetic recording layer on the glass disk substrate,
wherein the at least one edge is permanently coated with a conformal layer of silica-alumina nanoparticles, the silica-alumina nanoparticles comprising an inner core of silica with an outer shell of alumina, and
wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles are configured to adhere to the glass disk substrate due to a charge difference between the silica-alumina nanoparticles and the glass disk substrate.
2. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the conformal layers of silica-alumina nanoparticles coating the at least one edge of the glass disk substrate are each less than about 1 micron thick.
3. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles have an average diameter of less than about 50 nm.
4. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles have an average diameter of less than about 20 nm.
5. A hard disk drive comprising the magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 .
6. A magnetic recording medium, comprising:
a glass disk substrate with opposing substantially planar surfaces and at least one edge; and
a magnetic recording layer on the glass disk substrate,
wherein the at least one edge is permanently coated with a conformal layer of silica-alumina nanoparticles, the silica-alumina nanoparticles comprising an inner core of silica with an outer shell of alumina, and
wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles are configured to strengthen the at least one edge of the glass disk substrate.
7. The medium according to claim 6 , wherein the conformal layers of silica-alumina nanoparticles coating the at least one edge of the glass disk substrate are each less than about 1 micron thick.
8. The medium according to claim 6 , wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles have an average diameter of less than about 50 nm.
9. The medium according to claim 6 , wherein the silica-alumina nanoparticles have an average diameter of less than about 20 nm.
10. A hard disk drive comprising the magnetic recording medium according to claim 6 .