MesoGlue - is this a real thing?

[tombi]

http://mesoglue.com/

How do you de-solder the components if you want to service the board?

[retrolefty]

 I read the below as they really haven't developed any practical products proven to work outside their facilities. Most likely still looking for investment at this time rather then customers.

For the moment, surfaces to be glued have to be first prepared here in our lab. We also can license our technology and help you set up the process at your location, if that is of interest.
Our retail products that allow the user to do all the gluing themselves, similar to liquid glue or epoxy, are not quite ready for release.

[ConKbot]

By utilizing unique properties of nano-sized structures we are able to create a glue made out of metal that sets at room temperature.

Atoms move around a lot more than you might think! We use this knowledge to create surfaces with high surface area to encourage this atomic movement. When these surfaces are brought into contact, the movement of atoms can cause the metal on both sides to fuse into one solid piece.

I see a lot of vacuum equipment, perhaps plasma cleaning to strip any oxides, adding a filler material, and then placing the items together to let it cold-weld?



Looks like there is a surface treatment involved to give it a specific texture too.

[cdev]

Safety of nano-materials released (unintentionally) into the environment is a growing, global issue of major concern.

Because of their size, they have unique properties that often are completely different than those of the non-nanoscale equivalent. However, the regulatory environment still has not adjusted, nor has product labeling.

The video shows shapes that are somewhat suggestive of nanofibers of high aspect ratio. Some fiber-like nano-scale materials have been shown to be extremely dangerous. their size means they can be carried very far by the normal movement of particles in the air - their weight is so low that they basically behave quite unpredictably, for example, like a gas. They are only visible using technologies which are quite difficult to access such as electron microscopy.

MSDS's or their other national equivalents consistently fail at explaining any of this for nanomaterials used in marketed products.