Magnetic recording medium and method of manufacturing the same

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer on a nonmagnetic organic material support, wherein the magnetic layer comprises a magnetic material comprising a hard magnetic material comprising a rare earth element, and on a portion of a surface of the hard magnetic material, a soft magnetic region, and the soft magnetic region is exchange-coupled with the hard magnetic material. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprising forming a hard magnetic layer by coating a coating liquid comprising a hard magnetic material comprising a rare earth element on a nonmagnetic organic material support, and forming, on at least a portion of a surface of the hard magnetic material comprised in the hard magnetic layer, a soft magnetic region, the soft magnetic region being exchange-coupled with the hard magnetic material.

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