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ArticleMaterials today. Bio2021

Liquid repellency enabled antipathogen coatings.

W Li, Y Wang, X Tang, T T T Yuen, X Han, J Li, N Huang, J F W Chan, H Chu, L Wang

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Article in Materials today. Bio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Passive antifouling and active self-disinfecting antiviral surfaces.Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) · 2022
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10 authors.

W LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Y WangState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
X TangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
T T T YuenState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
X HanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
J LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
N HuangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
J F W ChanState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
H ChuState Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
L WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-a respiratory contagion spreading through expiratory droplets-has evolved into a global pandemic, severely impacting the public health. Importantly, the emerging of immune evasion SARS-CoV-2 variants and the limited effect of current antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 in clinical trials suggested that alternative strategies in addition to the conventional vaccines and antivirals are required to successfully control the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we propose to use liquid-repellent coatings to prevent the spread of the disease in the absence of effective vaccines, antimicrobial agents, or therapeutics, wherein the deposition and penetration of pathogen droplets are prohibited. We use SARS-CoV-2 as a model pathogen and find that SARS-CoV-2 remnants are reduced by seven orders of magnitude on coated surfaces, yielding a repelling efficacy far outperforming the inactivation rate of disinfectants. The SARS-CoV-2 remnant scales exponentially with the liquid/solid adhesion, uncovering the mechanism and effective means for minimizing pathogen attachment. The antipathogen coating that both repels and inactivates pathogens is demonstrated by incorporating the super-liquid-repellent coating with antipathogen additives. Together with its versatility over a wide range of substrates and pathogens, the novel antipathogen coating is of considerable value for infection control in everyday life as well as during pandemics.

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Antipathogen coatingDropletLiquid/solid adhesionSARS-CoV-2Wettability

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PMID34642656
PMCPMC8495064

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