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Thursday February 04, 2010 |
Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything So what does a 100nm coating of pure glass look like?
The fissure was induced in order present an image which shows the characteristics of the coating. The image shows the SiO2 coating on a filament of a microfibre. “SiO2- ultra
thin layering” is the technical term for Liquid
Glass. Apart from a select group of professionals, few
people in the UK know about this stunning technology. If
you walk around Ataturk’s Mausoleum in Ankara you
are walking on it; if you visit certain hospitals in the
UK you are touching it. If you see an unusually clean
train you are probably looking at it, and if you wonder
how your white settee looks so clean, you may be sitting
on it. All of these surfaces have been coated with
invisible glass. The flexible and
breathable glass coating is approximately 100 nanometres
thick (500 times thinner than a human hair), and so it is
completely undetectable. It is food safe, environmentally
friendly (winner of the Green Apple Award) and it can be
applied to almost any surface within seconds . When
coated, all surfaces become easy to clean and anti-
microbially protected (Winner of the NHS Smart Solutions
Award ). Houses, cars, ovens, wedding dress or any other
protected surface become stain resistant and can be
easily cleaned with water ; no cleaning chemicals are
required. Amazingly a 30 second DIY application to a sink
unit will last for a year or years, depending on how
often it is used. But it does not stop there - the
coatings are now also recognised as being suitable for
agricultural and in-vivo application. Vines coated with
SiO2 don’t suffer from mildew, and coated seeds grow
more rapidly without the need for anti-fungal chemicals.
This will result in farmers in enjoying massively
increased yields . Trials for in-vivo applications are
subject to a degree of secrecy, but Neil McClelland, the
UK Project Manager for Nanopool GmbH, describes the
results as “stunning”. When asked about how
the technology works, Neil, said “In essence, we
extract molecules of SiO2 (the primary constituent of
glass) from quartz sand, and then we add the molecules to
water or ethanol. Unfortunately, as they say in the
movies , if I told you any more …..”. Neil
comments further, “The really clever part is that
there are no added nano-particles , resins or additives-
the coatings form and bond due to quantum forces. Our
research informs us that in all probability, we offer the
most versatile coating in the world. We are happy to hear
about any other technology which offers the same range of
applications. Very soon almost every product that you
purchase will be protected with some form of easy -to
-clean coating. It just so happens that we offer
something that everyone finds fascinating . The concept
of spray -on glass is just mind -boggling”. Neil is a guest speaker at the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining on the 9th of November. |
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