Imparting Superhydrophilicity to Diamond-Like Carbon by Plasma Surface Treatment Technique

The surfaces of medical materials are coated with polymer molecules or drugs in order to functionalize the surfaces in ways such as imparting biocompatibility. However, in the case where the medical materials are inorganic, there is the problem that they will have poor adhesiveness to polymers and be liable to peel. For coronary artery stents, the authors succeeded in developing a method of rendering a diamond-like carbon (DLC)