RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ag nanoparticles-based antimicrobial polycotton fabrics to prevent the transmission and spread of SARS-CoV-2
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.06.26.152520
DO 10.1101/2020.06.26.152520
A1 Guilherme C. Tremiliosi
A1 Luiz Gustavo P. Simoes
A1 Daniel T. Minozzi
A1 Renato I. Santos
A1 Daiane C. B. Vilela
A1 Edison Luiz Durigon
A1 Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado
A1 Douglas Sales Medina
A1 Lara Kelly Ribeiro
A1 Ieda Lucia Viana Rosa
A1 Marcelo Assis
A1 Juan Andrés
A1 Elson Longo
A1 Lucio H. Freitas-Junior
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/06/26/2020.06.26.152520.abstract
AB Pathogens (bacteria, fungus and virus) are becoming a potential threat to the health of human beings and environment worldwide. They widely exist in the environment, with characteristics of variety, spreading quickly and easily causing adverse reactions. In this work, an Ag-based material is used to be incorporated and functionalized in polycotton fabrics using pad-dry-cure method. This composite proved to be effective for inhibiting the SARS-CoV-2 virus, decreasing the number of replicates in 99.99% after an incubation period of 2 minutes. In addition, it caused 99.99% inhibition of the pathogens S. aureus, E. coli and C. albicans, preventing cross-infections and does not cause allergies or photoirritation processes, demonstrating the safety of its use.Competing Interest StatementThe authors Guilherme C. Tremiliosi, Luiz Gustavo P. Simoes, Daniel T. Minozzi, Renato I. Santos and Daiane C. B. Vilela either work or are stockholders at Nanox Tecnologia SA