Scientists Create An Unbreakable Smartphone Screen

<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ve all done&comma; right&quest; That terrible moment when you accidentally drop your smartphone and watch it fall to the floor&comma; shattering the screen&period; Then you either have to buy a new smartphone&comma; or use tweezers to get glass out of your fingertips after each use of your smartphone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; for those who have broken your phone screen&comma; you might not need to worry anymore&period; Scientists at the University Of Akron have claimed they created an unbreakable smartphone screen from clear electrodes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of now&comma; the screen of your phone&semi; TV&semi; etc&semi; is coated with a conductive substance called indium tin oxide&period; &lpar;ITO for short&period;&rpar; ITO is in limited supply and is expensive to make&&num;8230&semi;And easy to break&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;pubs&period;acs&period;org&sol;doi&sol;abs&sol;10&period;1021&sol;nn500678b">study<&sol;a> published by the American Chemical Society&&num;8217&semi;s journal&comma; Yu Zhu&semi; Assistant Professor of Polymer Science explains a novel method on how the group of scientists created the tough screen&period; Instead of using ITO&comma; they developed a mesh of metal electrodes&comma; then compressed it to a layer of polymer&period; Thus creating a tough screen that can stand brutal testing&period; Unlike ITO&comma; this mesh screen is inexpensive to create&semi; and isn&&num;8217&semi;t in a limited supply&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s what Yu Zhu had to say about his invention&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We expect this film to emerge on the market as a true ITO competitor&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Zhu said in a press release&period; &&num;8220&semi;The annoying problem of cracked smartphone screens may be solved once and for all with this flexible touchscreen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hopefully&comma; we can start seeing this invention used on smartphones in the near future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gizmodo&period;com&sol;scientists-made-an-unbreakable-smartphone-screen-from-c-1587301719">Gizmodo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05100608&sol;20140606-194617-71177425&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;05100608&sol;20140606-194617-71177425&period;jpg" alt&equals;"20140606-194617-71177425&period;jpg" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;