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Screen of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (left) and Samsung Galaxy S9 + (right).
Your mobile device likely has an oleophobic coating on the panel. This avoids excess fingerprints on the screen. As well as possible dirt and sweat marks on the front panel. A good method so that we can avoid constantly cleaning the panel. But the Korean company Samsung has wanted to give this base a turn, patenting a coating for the screen that repairs itself.
According to SamMobile, the patent was published in February last year by the company itself. But it has not been until now when it has been revealed knowing all the details. It is an oleophobic coating that is applied directly to the front glass of the screen. The interesting thing about this surface is that it is self-repairing. It would compose materials like polyhedral silsesquioxane and polyrotaxane.
No it won't fix your broken screen
Does this mean that if the screen breaks it will fix itself? No, in this case what this coating will allow is to avoid an excess of fingerprints on the screen as they are already applied in most devices. The difference is that the Samsung base would last longer, since these surfaces tend to deteriorate over time and Samsung's patented one would prevent the base from degrading with use. Of course, this base could avoid superficial scratches caused by daily use.
At the moment the application of this layer in the firm's devices is unknown, although they could also reach other manufacturers. Samusng has not mentioned anything about this patent, but it could arrive next to the unbreakable OLED panel presented by the company just a few weeks ago. Both the coating and the OLED panel could arrive with the Samsung Galaxy X, Samsung's first folding mobile.
