Production and wetting properties of fluorinated diamond-like carbon coatings

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Butter, R S ^a   Waterman, D R ^a   Lettington, A M ^a   Ramos, R T ^b   Fordham, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coatings; Deposition; Diamond like Carbon; Fluorinated DLC

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ETCHING; FLUOROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TREATMENT; WETTING;

FLUORINATED DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COATINGS; HYDROPHOBICITY;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0031368122     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(97)00337-4     Document Type: Article

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