| Publication Type | honors thesis |
| School or College | College of Engineering |
| Department | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Faculty Mentor | Jeffrey Bates |
| Creator | Bauer, Auri |
| Title | A telechelic polymer solution for a multi-fit screen protector |
| Date | 2020 |
| Description | Currently, there is a large problem with the technology gap between curved cell phone screens and screen protectors. No screen protector on the market today can effectively cover the curved portion of a phone screen without altering the visual qualities of the screen or adding extra adhesive to the edges. The proposed solution is a telechelic polymer screen protector that could allow for a two-step polymerization process. A flexible, thin film was made then laid directly onto a phone screen to complete a second polymerization, bonding directly to all surfaces then hardening. Though this telechelic polymer was made, characterization was not completed. A plan has been proposed for future research which includes obtaining objective data which can then be analyzed to determine the relative success of the samples made. |
| Type | Text |
| Publisher | University of Utah |
| Subject | telechelic polymers; curved screen protection; polymerization-based materials design |
| Language | eng |
| Rights Management | (c) Auri Bauer |
| Format Medium | application/pdf |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6eh748v |
| Setname | ir_htoa |
| ID | 2941561 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6eh748v |