The scope of applications for Thin films and coatings have a wide range of applications from optical tribiological, and biomedical ones to microelectronics, packaging and decorative uses. A coating’s ...

The ceramic coating on the screen of the iPhone 12 makes it much tougher than on the iPhone 11, concluded a durability test. The coating also makes the iPhone 12 better at resisting scratches on the ...

The standard scratch test is routinely used to test the coatings’ mechanical stability on different types of substrates and has become a sensitive method to manage the reliability of the manufacturing ...

This video presentation from Bruker explains different scratch tests performed on the coatings for determining the adhesion properties. Coatings have a broad range of applications in the fields such ...

NanoProducts Corporation has announced that its technology has been successfully demonstrated to significantly improve the performance of coatings. NanoProducts also announced that its patented ...

The iPhone Air is 5.6mm thin and is described as the 'thinnest iPhone ever.' The back features Apple's proprietary 'Ceramic Shield' coating, which is four times more scratch-resistant than the ...

Apple has been granted ownership of an invention related to scratch-proof coatings on stainless steel devices, using a nitride layer to potentially make iPhones, iPads and Macs more durable. The U.S.

“Self-healed surface of a model car after scratching when exposed to focused sunlight with a magnifying glass (upper) or to sunlight directly (down).” Image: Korea Research Institute of Chemical ...