TY - JOUR
AU - Bhuvaneshwari Balasubramaniam
AU - Prateek
AU - Sudhir Ranjan
AU - Mohit Saraf
AU - Prasenjit Kar
AU - Surya Pratap Singh
AU - Thakur, Vijay Kumar
AU - Anand Singh
AU - Raju Kumar Gupta
PY - 2020
DA - December
TI - Antibacterial and Antiviral Functional Materials: Chemistry and Biological Activity toward Tackling COVID-19-like Pandemics
JO - ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
EP - 54
VL - 4
IS - 1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00174
AB - 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 on creating a surface which destroys or inhibits the adherence of microbial/viral entities has gained renewed interest. Although many research reports are available on the antibacterial materials or coatings, there is a relatively small amount of data available on the use of antiviral materials. However, with more research geared toward this area, new information is being added to the literature every day. The combination of antibacterial and antiviral chemical entities represents a potentially path-breaking intervention to mitigate the spread of disease-causing agents. In this review, we have surveyed antibacterial and antiviral materials of various classes such as small-molecule organics, synthetic and biodegradable polymers, silver, TiO2, and copper-derived chemicals. The surface protection mechanisms of the materials against the pathogen colonies are discussed in detail, which highlights the key differences that could determine the parameters that would govern the future development of advanced antibacterial and antiviral materials and surfaces.
PB - ACS Publications
UR - https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/antibacterial-and-antiviral-functional-materials-chemistry-and-bi
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER