HYDROPHILIC DLC ON SUBSTRATE WITH OXYGEN AND/OR HOT WATER TREATMENT

摘要

A substrate (1) is coated with a layer(s) or coating(s) (3) that includes, for example, amorphous carbon in a form of diamond-like carbon (DLC). The DLC is then ion beam treated and/or treated with a hot liquid and/or vapor (such as hot water) so as to cause the contact angle 0 thereof to decrease. In certain example embodiments, at least oxygen gas is used in an ion beam source(s) that generates the ion beam(s) used for the ion beam treatment.