Patent ID: 6136386
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: C23C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an object having a portion to be in contact with another object, said portion being made of an organic polymer material, and said portion having a surface entirely or partially coated with a carbon film having wear resistance as well as at least one of lubricity, water repellency and a gas barrier property, said method comprising the steps of:effecting a pretreatment on a deposition surface of said portion; andsubsequently forming said carbon film on said deposition surface,said pretreatment being performed by irradiating said deposition surface of said portion with ultraviolet rays and/or electron rays and thereby producing carbon atoms having dangling bonds at said surface and thereafter exposing said surface to a plasma of at least one kind of gas selected from a fluorine-containing gas or hydrogen gas.