ANTIMICROBIAL TOUCH MONITORS
Conventional antimicrobial treatments on the surface of monitors and touch screens, which could be somewhat toxic, are usually prone to being erased through continuous use, need periodic re-application, and are costly. Based in San Diego, Impact offers a viable, sustainable, and affordable antimicrobial solution. Its touch monitors optionally come with this permanent hydrophilic, non-leaching antimicrobial coating, which cannot be dissolved with water, and it is perfectly safe to human skin. In fact, the result is an enhanced surface that provides several benefits:
HOW IT WORKS
This proprietary coating, which comes in a liquid form, is sprayed onto the touch screen glass surface during the touch screen’s manufacturing process, and sintered onto the surface as a thin 20-nanometer (0.00002 mm) layer during firing at high temperature. The antimicrobial layer is permanently applied onto the glass surface at 600C to 700C heat. As visible light falls on the coated surface, it activates a unique mix of molecules. Once activated through power of photocatalysis, this mix reacts with moisture in the air to form reactive oxygen species. These agents constantly attack and destroy the harmful bacteria they encounter by bursting their outer membranes, leaving a super hygienic, germ-free surface:
In chemistry, photocatalysis is the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst - by adding substances (catalysts) that participate in the chemical reaction without being consumed. The technology also works at night, because LCD panels produce light, too.
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