IP Library Granted Patent US 8,394,455
Granted Patent B2
US 8,394,455 · App. 12/175,128 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Method for forming diamond-like carbon film

Inventors: Kenji Hirakuri (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhide Ozeki (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Denki University
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Patent No.
US 8,394,455
App. No.
12/175,128
Filed
Jul 17, 2008
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1718
USPC
427/249.1
Abstract

Provided is a method for forming a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film capable of enhancing the adhesion strength of a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film by simple steps. A surface of a substrate 11 made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is modified by plasma radiation, and a diamond-like carbon film 12 is formed on the modified PTFE substrate 11 surface by chemical vapor deposition.

Claims (10)

1. A method for forming a diamond-like carbon film, comprising:

modifying a surface of a substrate comprising a metallic material by plasma radiation comprising nitrogen as a reaction gas to form a modified surface substrate; and

forming a diamond-like carbon film on the modified surface substrate by chemical vapor deposition;

wherein the substrate consists of nitinol or titanium.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein methane, acetylene, or benzene are used in the chemical vapor deposition.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical vapor deposition is a plasma chemical vapor deposition method.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the plasma radiation is from about 25° C. to about 300° C.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical vapor deposition is performed at a temperature of less than about 300° C.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the diamond-like carbon film is from about 0.01 μm to about 1 μm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the diamond-like carbon film is performed at a pressure of about 0.01 Pa to about 100 Pa.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, RECORDED ON JULY 31, 2019 AT REEL 049924 FRAME 0794 Recorded Jun 22, 2026
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 075798/0763 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, RECORDED ON JANUARY 29, 2019 AT REEL 048373 FRAME 0217 Recorded Sep 22, 2025
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 072936/0464 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 049924/0794 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048373/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2011
From: HIRAKURI, KENJI; OZEKI, KAZUHIDE
To: TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 026973/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-300481 · Nov 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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