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MesoGlue

  • 11-01-2016 10:24pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭


    http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/mesoglue-is-a-metallic-glue-that-replaces-hot-solder/

    “Both ‘metal’ and ‘glue’ are familiar terms to most people, but their com­bi­na­tion is new and made pos­sible by unique prop­er­ties of metallic nanorods–infinitesimally small rods with metal cores that we have coated with the ele­ment indium on one side and galium on the other. These coated rods are arranged along a sub­strate like angled teeth on a comb: There is a bottom ‘comb’ and a top ‘comb.'” said Huang. “We then inter­lace the ‘teeth.’ When indium and gallium touch each other, they form a liquid. The metal core of the rods acts to turn that liquid into a solid. The resulting glue pro­vides the strength and thermal/electrical con­duc­tance of a metal bond. We recently received a new pro­vi­sional patent for this devel­op­ment through North­eastern University.”

    “The metallic glue has mul­tiple appli­ca­tions, many of them in the elec­tronics industry. As a heat con­ductor, it may replace the thermal grease cur­rently being used, and as an elec­trical con­ductor, it may replace today’s sol­ders. Par­tic­ular prod­ucts include solar cells, pipe fit­tings, and com­po­nents for com­puters and mobile devices,” he said.




Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    And that's wonderful...until you need to remove your CPU, or your heatsink. What a retarded idea it is then.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    And that's wonderful...until you need to remove your CPU, or your heatsink. What a retarded idea it is then.

    They'll make MesoUnGlue.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Was it invented by Jar Jar Binks ?


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