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ReviewACS pharmacology & translational science2021

Antibacterial and Antiviral Functional Materials: Chemistry and Biological Activity toward Tackling COVID-19-like Pandemics.

Bhuvaneshwari Balasubramaniam, Prateek, Sudhir Ranjan, Mohit Saraf, Prasenjit Kar, Surya Pratap Singh, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Anand Singh, Raju Kumar Gupta

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Review in ACS pharmacology & translational science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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64 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Bhuvaneshwari BalasubramaniamDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
PrateekDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Sudhir RanjanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Mohit SarafDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Prasenjit KarDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Surya Pratap SinghDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Vijay Kumar ThakurBiorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom.
Anand SinghDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.
Raju Kumar GuptaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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, TiO

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PMCPMC7784665

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