HYDROPHILIC DLC ON SUBSTRATE WITH ION BEAM TREATMENT

摘要

A method is provided for ion treating diamond-like carbon (DLC) in order to reduce contact angle thereof. For example, a substrate is coated with a layer(s) or coating(s) that includes, for example, amorphous carbon in a form of DLC. The DLC is then ion beam treated in a manner so as to cause the contact angle theta 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.