The world's first antimicrobial glass panel for smartphone has appeared, strength and sharpness is the same as gorilla glass

It is adopted for iPhone and Android smartphoneGorilla glassCorning is manufacturing the world's firstUnited States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) approved antibacterial glass panel "ANTIMICROBIAL CORNING GORILLA GLASSWe announced. Silver ions with antimicrobial effect are incorporated on the surface of this glass panel, and furthermore it has the same strength and sharpness as ordinary gorilla glass.

Corning Unveils World's First Antimicrobial Cover Glass
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A smartphone where many people use it all over the world.


Even though its surface looks beautiful, bacteria such as molds and pathogens are breeding in fact.


And this fungus will increase as you touch the glass panel part ... ...


The surface of the smartphone is full of germs.


"ANTIMICROBIAL CORNING GORILLA GLASS" made to keep such a smartphone clean, while having the same strength as the gorilla glass, there are layers of silver ions on the surface so algae, fungi, pathogenic bacteria, bacteria etc. It prevents breeding of bacteria.


On the left side of the image is displayed "ANTIMICROBIAL CORNING GORILLA GLASS", the right side shows the status of bacteria growing on a normal glass panel.


From this state, "ANTIMICROBIAL CORNING GORILLA GLASS" suppresses the propagation of bacteria on the panel due to the effect of the silver ion layer. Also, since these antibacterial effects are longer than the life expectancy of smartphones, they can always expect effects while using the terminal.


According to Allan Smith of Product Marketing for Steelcase, "We are increasing demand for antimicrobial glass panels in workspaces shared by more people" against this antibacterial glass panel.

Thanks to the adoption of gorilla glass in the Android smartphone put in his breast pocket, the bullet stopped and got a lifetime in nine yearsAlthough there is also a case that it is, can it happen that the probability of being infected with food poisoning and a cold is reduced by adopting this glass for the smartphone being used?