Method of making hydrophobic coated article
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1. A method of making a coated article, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate;
depositing a diamond-like carbon (DLC) inclusive coating having more sp3 carbon—
carbon bonds than sp2 carbon—
carbon bonds on the substrate so that the DLC inclusive coating has an initial contact angle θ
of at least about 100 degrees and the DLC has an average hardness of at least about 10 GPa.
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Abstract
A method of making a coated article, the method including depositng a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer or coating on a substrate. In certain example embodiments, the coating has a high contact angle.
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1. A method of making a coated article, the method comprising:
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providing a substrate;
depositing a diamond-like carbon (DLC) inclusive coating having more sp3 carbon—
carbon bonds than sp2 carbon—
carbon bonds on the substrate so that the DLC inclusive coating has an initial contact angle θ
of at least about 100 degrees and the DLC has an average hardness of at least about 10 GPa.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of making a coated article, the method comprising:
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providing a substrate;
depositing a layer comprising amorphous diamond-like (DLC) having more sp3 carbon—
carbon bonds than sp2 carbon—
carbon bonds on the substrate so that the layer comprising amorphous DLC has an initial contact angle θ
of at least about 100 degrees and an average hardness of at least about 10 GPa.- View Dependent Claims (8)
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