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Nokia files for patent for 'Diamond'-Coated Mobile Phones

23 January 2007 by axxxr
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Nokia has been experimenting with plastic casings coated with a diamond-like material made from coa. The material is more protective and grime resistant, as well as cheap and bio-degradable.

The coating is very tough, but also smooth to the touch. It is also conductive and therefore antistatic, so does not attract dirt easily.

To make the material electric current is fed through coal graphite. This creates plasma, which is directed towards a plastic casing by high-voltage electrodes. The coal ions penetrate the surface and bond to form an amorphous, diamond-like coating less than 100 nanometres thick. The process works at room temperature, meaning even cheap plastics can be coated this way. Patent source:newscientist 

 

 


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Comments
On 23 Jan 21:50 Evilchap wrote
Ah an indestructable phone, shame the internal parts will still be as fragile as ever.
On 23 Jan 20:58 milmino wrote
axxr, it's funny how you emphasize that it is biodegradable when infact it's ~100nm thick coated onto (cheap) plastic which by the way, isn't biodegradable. Nokia, nokia, noka...
On 23 Jan 20:16 Murtad wrote
The behive pattern makes it strong but it ok if you drop.

It also make water tight to 200 metres

Bet you cannot change the battery at that depth.

Would you need a phone when you are scuba dooby diving?

Maybe when the ice caps melt we will all live on the sea or underneath it a lot and nokia is think forwards
On 23 Jan 19:43 Goose wrote
@ milmino...

This is cut from an 'article', think before you criticise someone.
On 23 Jan 19:23 milmino wrote
axxr, it's funny how you emphasize that it is biodegradable when infact it's ~100nm thick coated onto (cheap) plastic which by the way, isn't biodegradable. Nokia, nokia, noka...
On 23 Jan 19:15 patient wrote
cough,cough...
On 23 Jan 15:56 saeed wrote
n71

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