Recent breakthroughs of antibacterial and antiviral protective polymeric materials during COVID-19 pandemic and after pandemic: Coating, packaging, and textile …

S Mallakpour, E Azadi, CM Hussain - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global epidemic owing to COVID-19 has generated awareness to ensuring best
practices for avoiding the microorganism spread. Indeed, because of the increase in …

Past and current progress in the development of antiviral/antimicrobial polymer coating towards COVID-19 prevention: A Review

N Nasri, A Rusli, N Teramoto, M Jaafar, KM Ku Ishak… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The astonishing outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has attracted
numerous research interests, particularly regarding fabricating antimicrobial surface …

Antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral polymeric food packaging in post-COVID-19 era

A Srisa, K Promhuad, H San, Y Laorenza, P Wongphan… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Consumers are now more concerned about food safety and hygiene following the COVID-19
pandemic. Antimicrobial packaging has attracted increased interest by reducing …

Protection, disinfection, and immunization for healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: Role of natural and synthetic macromolecules

S Mallakpour, E Azadi, CM Hussain - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is trying to improve public health while the outbreak of the COVID-19 is at its
worst. So far, countless people have died from the COVID-19 disease and it is still a serious …

Surface antimicrobial functionalization with polymers: Fabrication, mechanisms and applications

CG Wang, NEB Surat'man, JJQ Mah, C Qu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Undesirable adhesion of microbes such as bacteria, fungi and viruses onto surfaces affects
many industries such as marine, food, textile, and healthcare. In particular in healthcare and …

Antimicrobial polymers in the nano-world

M Álvarez-Paino, A Muñoz-Bonilla… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Infections are one of the main concerns of our era due to antibiotic-resistant infections and
the increasing costs in the health-care sector. Within this context, antimicrobial polymers …

Functional textile materials for blocking COVID-19 transmission

J Fu, T Liu, SS Binte Touhid, F Fu, X Liu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of COVID-19 provided a warning sign for society worldwide: that is, we
urgently need to explore effective strategies for combating unpredictable viral pandemics …

Antimicrobial face shield: Next generation of facial protective equipment against SARS-CoV-2 and multidrug-resistant bacteria

A Tuñón-Molina, M Martí, Y Muramoto, T Noda… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transparent materials used for facial protection equipment provide protection against
microbial infections caused by viruses and bacteria, including multidrug-resistant strains …

Science-based strategies of antiviral coatings with viricidal properties for the COVID-19 like pandemics

R Pemmada, X Zhu, M Dash, Y Zhou, S Ramakrishna… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The worldwide, extraordinary outbreak of coronavirus pandemic (ie, COVID-19) and other
emerging viral expansions have drawn particular interest to the design and development of …

Progress and perspective of antiviral protective material

J Zhou, Z Hu, F Zabihi, Z Chen, M Zhu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2020 - Springer
Public health events caused by viruses pose a significant risk to humans worldwide. From
December 2019 till now, the rampant novel 2019 coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) has hugely …