Which only epithets did not choose for jewelry! Shining and sparkling, shining and glittering... Alas, physics is impossible to deceive, metal, stone and glass can only reflect the light or pass it through itself. However, in the twenty-first century, the dream became a reality. Scientists have uncovered the basic secrets of luminous jewelry.
Modern technologies
None of the most precious pearl or diamond can not become an independent source of light. You can only talk about optical effects, like a moon rock or tiger's eye. An exception may be a synthetic material with the addition of phosphorus and other fluorescent compounds.
Dream jewelers on jewelery, shining with its own light, there is not one hundred years. In the XXI century has finally made the first steps towards its implementation, but this has been made possible not by magic, but advances in microelectronics.
The light source is hidden inside decorations, it is conventional LED - element which glows when electric charge skip therethrough. In theory, everything is logical, but there is a lot of difficulties in practice.
The main one was the size of the LED, but now new technologies have allowed to create a luminous SMD measuring element is no longer the sugar grains, or rather, one millimeter.
The following is not an easy problem to solve - power source. Smallest battery available for purchase, has a size of about four to five millimeters. But even this size is not always provided jewelry design. In addition, the question replacing the battery. Jewelers electricians are currently investigating energoinversiyu at which the electric current flows in the element through a chemical reaction.
ready-made solutions
Russian jewelers keen on the idea of its own light shining ornaments and have already created the first collection of earrings. They really glow in the dark, because LEDs have completely replaced the stones. This simple original decision affected the design, because the shape provides:
- battery;
- switch;
- admissibility of battery replacement.
On average, jewelery can shine for about forty hours, this is more than enough for a few parties, discos or receptions. The first notable point ispytatelnitsy heating decoration, however, it is not enough to burn or discomfort.
Another concept belongs to the "Alchemy" - a group of young jewelers. As main elements selected tiny liquid crystal displays, due to the constant recharging of mechanical motions of the human body. At the moment, only the rings in the collection, as human hands are constantly in motion. Miniature generator converts the energy of the principle of the gyroscope. This technology has long been tested in a wristwatch, but so tiny as she was for the first time.
The next area for development - projecting ornaments, their principle of operation connected with all the usual projector, cinema-like. Inside decoration is embedded LED that produces light on a colorful spectrum. Passing through various ornaments on the surface decoration, it casts on the body and clothes intricate light image.
The first collection on the technology named Aurora, it released a Korean author Kim Keok. Products are made of copper with gold plating, nutrient - conventional batteries, though very little.
Shades matched to the stones that know everything - from pomegranate and chrysotile to aquamarine, taking into account the color of human skin, which look very impressive jewels.
Svetonakopitelnye materials can be used interchangeably with batteries. Additives accumulating light are mixed with clay, glass or plastic, for shining in the dark dots resembling fireflies. Materials can not be called noble, such ornaments rather intricate jeweleryBut jewelers are interested in these solutions, and the new collection is not far off.
Currently glowing decorations - fun experiments like glowing nail polish or stars on ceiling in the children, but soon jewelry collection of jewelry will be sold the most expensive auctions world.