Recently, researchers have developed a new type of electronic components waterproofing method, the electronic components to add just a few atoms thick coating so that they can be isolated from air and water. They claimed that the use of such a coating method for processing equipment placed in brine for months and will not be damaged.
The study led by Professor Samuel Graham Georgia Institute of Technology, he said that the coating in a warm and humid environment is stable in some liquid, add this to the electronic device through the protective barrier, it can increase its use life and reliability.
Most electronic devices such as electronic components such as mobile phones have a film coating to protect the air and water vapor droplets splashing, but this increases the volume of the coating components, and manufacturing and assembly elements are often not perfect permeable place, it can not be completely waterproof. In order to make mobile phones and cameras can be completely waterproof, but also a need for a new approach.
American Vacuum Society is academic discussion and showcase of its discovery, Professor Graham developed a method that is called atomic layer deposition to water. A metal such as aluminum by gathering around the gas atoms, so that gaseous atoms to form a coating and then with the component and the oxidation. Just oxide thickness of 10 nm, equivalent to 1/6000 of a human hair, they can protect their sensitive electronic components from under the water hazards.
In a recent trial, Professor Graham will pass atom coating electronic sensors placed in the water for 10 days.
The coating may also be transparent, which means that this technology can be used in common as a smartphone an electronic display aspect. It probably indicates that ordinary cameras and mobile phones will also be able to use underwater without causing any damage. Professor Graham believed that this new coating technology can also be used to protect the implanted biomedical devices, such as pacemakers and underwater sensors.
(Author: Heart stopper namely shore)
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