Advances in Antiviral Material Development

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His current research interests include Environmental Impact Assessment, Toxicity, Waste Management, and Electrochemical applications. He has worked in various government-funded and consulting projects at NTU. He is trained in Life Cycle Assessment tools such as GaBi and SimaPro, Nanotools such as AFM, Ellipsometry, ATR-FTIR and QCMD, USEtox® 2.0-Characterization fact. Liya Ge obtained her B.Eng. in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 1999. From 1999-2002, she worked as an Engineer in State Oceanic Administration, China. She subsequently completed her PhD study in analytical chemistry from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2005. Since then, Dr. Ge has been working as a researcher and later a senior researcher in NTU. Her current research interests cover analytical chemistry including the development of sensors, biosensors and micro total analysis systems for rapid on-site detection and point-of-care diagnosis. Xiaoxu Fu is currently a PhD student at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He got his master degree in the same school in NTU and his bachelor degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong university in China. His scienfic research and interest is focused on conducting polymers and their application on biomedical, analytical and environmental applications. Grzegorz Lisak obtained his M.Sc. (Chem. Eng.) in physical chemistry in 2007 from Poznań University of Technology, Poland. He obtained his D.Sc. (Tech.

Polymeric surfaces with biocidal action: challenges imposed by the SARS-CoV-2, technologies employed, and future perspectives

“…AgNPs with and without polysaccharide coating (10–80 nm) blocked the penetration and binding of the virus-cell, indicating its potential use as antiviral therapy. Although antiviral materials' mechanisms are described with different terminologies in the literature, they boil down to competition or inhibition of the binding process between the virus and the host cell [ 16 ].…”

“…Peptides are compounds derived from natural sources such as bacteria, plants, and animals or synthesized rationally. They can interact with the virus, blocking the connection, and preventing viral fusion [ 16 ]. Besides, they may have biocidal activity, breaking the envelope of the virus.…”

Possible Role of Biomedical Polymers in COVID-19 Journey: A Short Review

“…The results shown that these polymers Additionally, one of the important applications of antiviral ability of PNC is to apply its layer in PPE, such as the mask fabrication to increase its ability to non-infectious and preventing viruses spreading. As an example, adding fourth layer to three layers mask structure that shown in Figure 18, to produce four layers mask structure that shown in Figure 19 [6,20]. An example of PNC that could use is based on nylon 6/poly acrylonitrile or polyethylene/polypropylene nanofibers layer that have been prepared by electrospinning-netting technique, as it were shown in Figure 20 [6].…”

Cu-bearing high-entropy alloys with excellent antiviral properties

“…Depending on various antiviral mechanisms, numerous antiviral materials have been developed, such as metallic nanoparticles, carbon-based nanomaterials, organic nanomaterials, and antiviral biopolymers which were synthesized either artificially or extracted from natural resources [ 32 , 33 ]. Such functional nanomaterials are restricted always by high cost due to the complicated manufacturing process.…”

“…Such functional nanomaterials are restricted always by high cost due to the complicated manufacturing process. In addition, though much attention has been paid to their unique physicochemical characteristics, nanomaterials are still questionable considering their potential toxicity toward humans and their environmental risk [ 33 , 34 ]. The large specific surface area of nanomaterials enables them to interact closely with intracellular substances, e.g.…”