Developments in Data Storage: Materials Perspective (Hardcover)

The book covers the recent developments in the field of materials for advancing recording technology by experts worldwide. Chapters that provide sufficient information on the fundamentals will be also included, so that the book can be followed by graduate students or a beginner in the field of magnetic recording. The book also would have a few chapters related to optical data storage. In addition to helping a graduate student to quickly grasp the subject, the book also will serve as a useful reference material for the advanced researcher.

The field of materials science related to data storage applications (especially hard disk drives) is rapidly growing. Several innovations take place every year in order to keep the growth trend in the capacity of the hard disk drives. Moreover, magnetic recording is very complicated that it is quite difficult for new engineers and graduate students in the field of materials science or electrical engineering to grasp the subject with a good understanding. There are no competing books in this area, considering that a book that may look 50% similar to the proposed book was published in 2001. A span of 6 years is too long gap, considering the progress this field makes every year.

這本書由全球專家撰寫，涵蓋了材料在推進記錄技術方面的最新發展。書中也包含了提供足夠基礎知識的章節，以便研究生或初學者能夠理解磁性記錄領域的內容。此外，書中還包含了幾個與光學數據存儲相關的章節。除了幫助研究生快速掌握這一主題外，這本書還將成為高級研究人員的有用參考資料。

與數據存儲應用相關的材料科學領域（尤其是硬碟驅動器）正在快速發展。每年都會出現幾項創新，以保持硬碟驅動器容量增長的趨勢。此外，磁性記錄非常複雜，對於材料科學或電氣工程領域的新工程師和研究生來說，理解這一主題並非易事。考慮到2001年已經出版了一本與本書相似度達50%的書籍，這個領域中沒有競爭對手。考慮到這個領域每年的進展，六年的時間間隔太長了。