New Barrier for Electronics

Scientists in Georgia created film that can help electronics such as phones. This barrier will protect the phone even if it is submerged in water. Some of the barriers today have tiny holes that could possibly let in oxygen or water thus damaging the product. Many high performance barrier films use sputter deposition or plasma enhanced chemical deposition, but the new product uses atomic layer deposition. The other methods need to put multiple layers to make it a better barrier. The atomic layer barrier gives scientists more control so that they can control the substance up to the molecular level and there only needs to be a thin coat because they can do so.  The scientists surround a substrate that contains a particular metal with a gas and it forms a layer of atom. The excess gas is removed and then another gas is added that oxidizes the metal and it forms a metal oxide that is a barrier to water or air and they do that a desired amount of times and then the barrier is created. This barrier could help people who are prone to dropping their phone in water or dropping it in general (like me..). This is a really awesome product  believe.