MOBILE PHONE PLASTIC METALS TRIPS RADIATION PROTECTION
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-research project aimed at coating plastics and other materials with metallic or ceramic films has proved a big success, with a consortium coating plastic mobile phones to block electromagnetic waves. These have long been a health concern for phone users, but prior to the REOXCOAT project, the use of the required so-called 'sputtering' technique to create such coatings was limited to small component areas. This has now changed. A new technique has enabled project leader Surfcoat (now part of Finland-based Savcor) to mass ...
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