Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layers

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PATENT NO 8971161
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14313574

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Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having five surfaces thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of the following: rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, hafnium, ruthenium, technetium, rhodium, palladium, beryllium, aluminum, manganese, indium, boron, and combinations thereof beryllium oxide, silicon oxide, iron oxide, zirconium oxide, manganese oxide, cadmium oxide, magnesium oxide, hafnium oxide, and combinations thereof tantalum carbide, uranium carbide, hafnium carbide, zirconium carbide, scandium carbide, manganese carbide, iron carbide, niobium carbide, technetium carbide, rhenium carbide, and combinations thereof chromium nitride, boron nitride, and combinations thereof.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boyne, Andrew J Minneapolis, US 8 168
Cheng, Yuhang Edina, US 63 657
Franzen, Scott Savage, US 33 486
Jayashankar, Sethuraman Excelsior, US 27 440
Kautzky, Michael C Eagan, US 81 1041
Rejda, Ed F Bloomington, US 16 368
Seigler, Michael Allen Eden Prairie, US 112 2495
Wierman, Kurt W Eden Prairie, US 32 511
Zhao, Tong Eden Prairie, US 217 3452

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