Recording materials

Reference 37 provides excellent overviews of metallic films, materials science of thin magnetic recording materials, and the potential technological significance. 

In addition to a continued increase in the number of use patents in these fields, a new use of xanthates as inhibitors of fertiliser nitrogen transformation in soil has been reported, as well as the use of certain metal xanthates as color developers for image-recording materials (113,114) (see Fertilizers Color photography). For several years, sodium isopropyl xanthate was used as an intermediate in the manufacture of saccharin (see... 

Panel on Electronic, Photonic, and Recording Materials and Devices... 

Integrating individual chemical process steps used in the manufacture of electronic, photonic, and recording materials and devices. This is a key to boosting the yield, throughput, and reliability of overall manufacturing processes. 

The importance and sophistication of current chemical manufacturing processes for electronic, photonic, and recording materials and devices are not widely appreciated. A more detailed description serves to highlight their central role in these technologies. 

A third research challenge that is generic to electronic, photonic, and recording materials and devices stems from the need for starting materials that meet purity levels once thought to be imattainable. 

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