Antiviral surfaces and coatings and their mechanisms of action

PD Rakowska, M Tiddia, N Faruqui, C Bankier… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Viral infections are a serious health challenge, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased
the demand for antiviral measures and treatments for clean surfaces, especially in public …

How can nanotechnology help to combat COVID-19? Opportunities and urgent need

EVR Campos, AES Pereira, JL De Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Incidents of viral outbreaks have increased at an alarming rate over the past decades. The
most recent human coronavirus known as COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) has already spread …

Nanoparticle-based strategies to combat COVID-19

R Medhi, P Srinoi, N Ngo, HV Tran… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the worst pandemic disease of the current
millennium. This disease is caused by the highly contagious severe acute respiratory …

Green synthesized plant-based silver nanoparticles: Therapeutic prospective for anticancer and antiviral activity

N Jain, P Jain, D Rajput, UK Patil - Micro and Nano Systems Letters, 2021 - Springer
Nanotechnology holds an emerging domain of medical science as it can be utilized virtually
in all areas. Phyto-constituents are valuable and encouraging candidates for synthesizing …

Silver nanoparticles: review of antiviral properties, mechanism of action and applications

A Luceri, R Francese, D Lembo, M Ferraris, C Balagna - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
New antiviral drugs and new preventive antiviral strategies are a target of intense scientific
interest. Thanks to their peculiar properties, nanomaterials play an important role in this field …

[HTML][HTML] Passive antifouling and active self-disinfecting antiviral surfaces

O Lishchynskyi, Y Shymborska, Y Stetsyshyn… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Viruses pose a serious threat to human health and society in general, as virus infections are
one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. Till May 2022, over 513 million people …

[HTML][HTML] Internet-of-nano-things (IoNT) driven intelligent face masks to combat airborne health hazard

V Chaudhary, A Gautam, P Silotia, S Malik… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Face masks have been used as the most effective and economically viable preventive tool,
which also creates a sense of social solidarity in collectively combatting the airborne health …

Synthesis approach-dependent antiviral properties of silver nanoparticles and nanocomposites

J Jeevanandam, S Krishnan, YS Hii, S Pan… - Journal of nanostructure …, 2022 - Springer
Numerous viral infections are common among humans, and some can lead to death. Even
though conventional antiviral agents are beneficial in eliminating viral infections, they may …

Silver nanoparticles as potential antiviral agents

ZA Ratan, FR Mashrur, AP Chhoan, SM Shahriar… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since the early 1990s, nanotechnology has led to new horizons in nanomedicine, which
encompasses all spheres of science including chemistry, material science, biology, and …

Silver nanoparticles as a potential treatment against SARS‐CoV‐2: A review

F Pilaquinga, J Morey, M Torres… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Several human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are distinguished by the ability to generate
epidemics or pandemics, with their corresponding diseases characterized by severe …