Antiviral surfaces and coatings and their mechanisms of action

PD Rakowska, M Tiddia, N Faruqui, C Bankier… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Viral infections are a serious health challenge, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased
the demand for antiviral measures and treatments for clean surfaces, especially in public …

[HTML][HTML] Design strategies for antiviral coatings and surfaces: A review

A Bregnocchi, R Jafari, G Momen - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The routine disinfection and sanitization of surfaces, objects, and textiles has become a time-
consuming but necessary task for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the …

Antimicrobial nanomaterials and coatings: Current mechanisms and future perspectives to control the spread of viruses including SARS-CoV-2

SM Imani, L Ladouceur, T Marshall, R Maclachlan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global COVID-19 pandemic has attracted considerable attention toward innovative
methods and technologies for suppressing the spread of viruses. Transmission via …

Graphene-based nanomaterials as antimicrobial surface coatings: A parallel approach to restrain the expansion of COVID-19

M Ayub, MHD Othman, IU Khan, MZM Yusop… - Surfaces and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recently emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
become a significant and topmost global health challenge of today. SARS-CoV-2 can …

Recent breakthroughs in nanostructured antiviral coating and filtration materials: a brief review

MH Dahanayake, SS Athukorala, ACA Jayasundera - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
COVID-19 persists as the most challenging pandemic of the 21st century with a high rate of
transmission. The main pathway of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is aerosol-mediated infection …

Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

The viability of SARS-CoV-2 on solid surfaces

M Hosseini, S Behzadinasab, Z Benmamoun… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on life in 2020 and 2021. One method of
transmission occurs when the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, contaminates solids …

Future antiviral surfaces: Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic

Z Sun, KK Ostrikov - Sustainable materials and technologies, 2020 - Elsevier
It is an urgent priority for advanced materials researchers to help find solutions to eliminate
the COVID-19 pandemic. The transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is majorly …

Nanotechnology-based antimicrobial and antiviral surface coating strategies

P Erkoc, F Ulucan-Karnak - Prosthesis, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biocontamination of medical devices and implants is a growing issue that causes medical
complications and increased expenses. In the fight against biocontamination, developing …

Chemical design principles of next-generation antiviral surface coatings

N Wang, AR Ferhan, BK Yoon, JA Jackman… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated efforts to
develop high-performance antiviral surface coatings while highlighting the need to build a …