Water barrier performance of additively manufactured polymers coated with diamond-like carbon films

Whilst additive manufactured polymers have unique and useful properties, the deficiency of water barrier performance limits their shelf-life and functionality as a diffusion barrier for long life product durability. In this work, the induced modification of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings using nitrogen (N) (up to 2.02 at. %) to improve water barrier performance has been studied. DLC thin films were deposited onto additively manufactured...