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    Canada has developed an anti-coronavirus coating.

    • Last Update: 2020-10-07
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    The Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) at the University of Waterloo in Canada is currently working with the Silicon Dioxide Innovation Laboratory to develop a coating that can kill COVID-19 coronavirus.
    Sussanta Mithra, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering at the research project, said, "The new coronavirus can survive more than 24 h on the surface of an object, and in order to protect front-line workers and public health safety, any surface contaminated by contact with the virus should be immediately disinfected and killed, for which we have developed an antiviral coating." The
    team conducted an experimental analysis of the adhesion between the virus and the surface coating and used water droplets to simulate the human-to-human transmission model of the new coronavirus

    . In addition, the ineration effect of the coating on SARS-CoV-2 virus will be studied.
    the research and development of the antiviral coating is implemented in stages, and the coating formulation is further optimized according to various research results (e.g. antiviral material research, antiviral structure research, computational model analysis, etc.).
    Bruce Johnston, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Silicon Dioxide Innovation Laboratory, said, "We have long developed and produced environmentally friendly products that are safe and meet the needs of new antiviral coatings, and we have worked with Professor Mithra and WIN to develop antiviral coatings designed to kill pathogens and reduce the risk of infection, thereby improving the safety of public and private spaces such as schools, shopping malls, transportation, hospitals, factories, homes, etc. "
    WIN is the largest nanotechnology research institution in Canada within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and a global leader in the development of intelligent functional materials, connectivity equipment, energy systems, therapeutic technologies, and medical technologies.
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