Research Letters in Nanotechnology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 765398, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/765398
Research Letter

Achieving High Aspect Ratio of Track Length to Width in Molds for Discrete Track Recording Media

K. O. Aung,1 C. Shankaran,1,2 R. Sbiaa,1 E. L. Tan,1 S. K. Wong,1 and S. N. Piramanayagam1

1Data Storage Institute, A ∗STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 5 Engineering Drive 1, 117608, Singapore
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore

Received 29 November 2007; Accepted 5 February 2008

Academic Editor: Sakhrat Khizroev

Copyright © 2008 K. O. Aung et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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