COATED ARTICLE INCLUDING TITANIUM OXYCARBIDE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A coated article (1) is provided which includes a layer including titanium oxycarbide (3b). In order to form the coated article (1), a layer of titaniu m oxide (3a) is deposited on a substrate by sputtering or the like. After sputtering of the layer including titanium oxide (3a), an ion beam source(s) (25), is used to implant at least carbon ions into the titanium oxide (3a). When implanting, the carbon ions have sufficient ion energy so as to knock o ff oxygen (O) from TiOx molecules so as to enable a substantially continuous layer comprising titanium oxycarbide (3b) to form near a surface of the previously sputtered layer.