A method for hardening glass surfaces award in Geneva
No more broken smartphone screens or scratched watch glasses. The 44th Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva awarded its Grand Prize to an exhibitor from Hong Kong Baptist University for a new curing process glass surfaces.
(Ats) The method involves applying high temperature sapphire film, one of the toughest materials in the world of glass or quartz, said Friday night the show organizers. This very thin layer is sufficient to ensure protection almost equal to that of a block of iron ore.
Transparency is not impaired. The optical transmission of the film is indeed very close to that of glass, between 89 and 92%. The method should interest many areas. It could be applied to all surfaces in flat or curved glass.
Professor Cheah Kok Wai, who won this year's Grand Prix, the rest working in the company Cathay Photonics, a company active in the optics.
The International Exhibition was also rewarded 45 other inventions among the thousands of new products presented.
