Formation of hydrophobic thin films on metal surfaces

Summary form only given, as follows. One of the surface properties, water-repellency or hydrophobicity, has been attracted attention in various industrial fields. Hydrophobic surface treatment of materials and preparation of water-repellent films have been performed by using plasma deposition techniques. In this work, the plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method has been employed to coat thin fluorocarbon film on metal surface.