NAME OF THE PRODUCT

LG G FLEX
DESIGNED BY
LG
General description:
OLED display and instant Self Healing Technology that naturally fixes scratchesand blemishes to
help G Flex 2 maintain its timeless look.
User Experience:
loyable,safe,worry-free
Perceptions:
Innovative, Top-notch, High Quality, Unique
Stimuli - Responsive Phenomenom Implemented:
Self-Healing Process
Functional Materials :
Substrate Polycarbonate (PC)
3 Layer Film
MATERIAL SCIENCE
Self-Healing. It can recover from light scratches in about 10 seconds, due to its high-density
molecular shell.
Self-healing is the process of RECOVERY motivated by and directed by the PATIENT (MATERIAL). Nowadays, technology has demonstrated, in many different applications, how damaged
materials might be unconsciously repaired on a microscopic scale and would no longer develop
on a macroscopic failure, as in the case of conventional materials .
Polymers have very distinctive molecular structures, composed of repeating units, typically connected by covalent chemical bonds. Therefore,
Synthesis of macromolecules requires relatively milder conditions (temperature, pressure, etc.) in order to self-heal.

MATERIALS ENGINEERING
As the technology that LG used still is kept secret we have some assumptions to reveal this technology process.In this article first we will describe
the possible anwers :
1-Under pressure
2-Micro metals
3-Waterworks
4-Stalkers

UNDER PRESSURE
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany have taken as their inspiration the rubber tree,
the latex of which contains protein capsules that split open when the bark is damaged. When the
surface of the plastic is harmed, the adhesive-filled capsules it contains break open, releasing a
material that fills the cracks. Its unclear whether this method just works for a one-time fix, though.
MICRO METALS
Following a similar line of thought, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a
self-healing system thats electronically friendly as well. The material is filled with tiny microcapsules that burst from impact, releasing the liquid metal within, which seals any gaps in the product.
This approach deals with both structural repair and conductivity restoration, and works on a localized level, so only those microcapsules near the damage are activated.
WATERWORKS
A team at Stanford University has devised a self-healing plastic based on water, which separates
and reforms easily in its liquid state. Like water, the material is held together with hydrogen bonds,
which are weaker than other bonds and therefore easier to break. When the separated parts are
held next to each other, they join together again to heal. The plastic also contains nickel, which
allows it to conduct electricity. Scientists in Spain unveiled a similar technologydubbed the Terminator polymerearlier this year.
At this stage, theres no knowing what technology is powering LGs self-healing smartphone. But
its success could pave the way for self-repairing contact lenses and scratch-proof cars, not to
mention a wealth of advances in health, aviation and defense.
STALKERS
Last year, researchers from the Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology unveiled a
non-stick coatinglike the kind found on frying pansthat repairs itself when scratched. The
coating contains three layers: a waterproof surface and a base of the active ingredient connected
by a lattice of stalks. When the waterproof top layer is scratched, the stalks feed the active ingredient to the surface of the coating, allowing the tear to heal. The technology should work again and
again on surface scratches, but if the coating is ripped all the way through, it breaks.
Nikkei Business Publications
In addition to the 4 methods explained above Nikkei Business Publications reveals that the main
component of the clearcoat Scratch Schield (this is how they call it) is Polyurethane acrylate
(PUA) combined with a conventional acrylate-melamine clearcoat to increase the paints flexibility
and strength by raising the resin density.
Facing such a tough material, fine scratch could not result in chain scission as in the case of conventional paint but plastic deformation.

Under the heat of the sun and outdoor temperatures, the deformed parts would be gradually
restored due to the viscoelasticity driven flow.
Tiny lines will be visibile to naked eye only if the cut is deep enough to sever the bonds within the
clearcoat or if the clearcoat has been peeled off.
The secret is the alteration of the molecular network, even though scratch resistance and
self-healing properties in the same material may looks like a contradiction.
The scratch resistance of the PU is increased by raising the density of the molecular network
but to ensure that the coating does not become brittle, the areas between the the linkage points of
the network must be made elastic.
To achieve this Bayer MaterialScience researchers used a new highly functional hardener:
Desmodur XP 2679 polyisocyanate which in combination with the Desmophen polyols (the
second basic raw material in this PU coating) allows to get the perfect marriage and have scratch
resistance as well as self-healing.
Molded In Film Process
1

3 Layer Film is pre heated

3 Layer Film is set on the Injection Molding Machine

PC is injected with the 3 Layer Film.

STIMULI-RESPONSIVE PHENOMENA
The input/stimulus is back cover surface deformation, the response is self healing.It only
works on surface/smooth scratches. The self-healing depends on the room temperature, in
fact best performance temperature @ 27C. Rubbing the scratch can accelerate the recover
of the surface.

MATERIAL EXPERIENCE
The sight and touching feeling are enhanced due to unusual technology, it will feel like something
magic, high tech and quality product.

USER EXPERIENCE
We go about our day-to-day routines and often experience the painful reality of a scratch on our
phones.The agony, the pain, the heartache of such an ordealNow with the self-healing feature
of LG cellphone users can walk around worry-free with their LG G Flex in their pocket full of,whatever they want.The feeling that your cellphone wont never get old, even after a year of usage you
wont see any sign of time and It will look like new. To make it short it,by using the selfhealing
technlogy,LG cellphone became on of the rare product that has followed the wear and tear theory
to avoid consumptionism culture.
The feeling of price-value that is product or cellphone provide to the user is higher than the other
competitorss products.
Of course is an unquantificable feeling because it is only a perception, since the specs of the products(camera, processor, display) will become sooner or later obsolete.

Bibliography :
Selfhealing polymers and polymer composites
practical and applied considerations

F i n a l A s s i g n m e n t
C a s e s t u d y

Maryam Mohammadishalmani
Mauricio Magaa
Riccardo Camb

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