| 20090246243 | Carbonaceous Protective Multifunctional Coatings - The present invention relates to Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coatings on metal substrates and methods of making the same. The invention particularly relates, in a preferred embodiment, to a metallic substrate such as stainless steel or Ti alloy having a silicon material (such as an organosilicone, silicon nitride, silicon carbide or silicon carbon nitride) intermediate layer and a DLC layer, optionally doped with Si, deposited thereon, and a method for making the same. | 10-01-2009 |