“…Regarding high performance coatings, diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been pointed out as good candidates for coat implants such as hip and ankle joints besides heart valves and stents [11][12][13]. In fact, DLC films present exceptional properties such as wear resistance, high hardness, low friction coefficient, corrosion resistance, good bio-and hemocompatibilities, high thermal conductivity, optical transparence to infrared and chemical inertness [11][12][13][14][15][16], which support their use in a wide range of applications. DLC is a relatively new class of amorphous carbon materials with a significant content of C\C sp 3 bonds, which confers them some of the properties previously cited.…”