Improvement of the adhesion and release mechanism of antiviral coatings via using hydrogels and adhesion promoters

The pandemic has shown us the importance of controlling different routes of transmission of infectious diseases. In order to slow down or stop infectious diseases, cleaning and disinfection of ‘high-touch’ surfaces need to be performed regularly. However, the development of an effective antiviral surface coating provides an additional protection layer against disease transmission. In this work, we aim improve the formulation that we have recently developed for our antiviral coating. The improvements will make the coating safer and more suitable to be used on different surfaces such as metal, glass, and different polymeric materials. The application of the antiviral coating inactivates the viruses on the surfaces of public spaces such as schools, hospitals, and grocery stores. The release mechanism used in our formulation increases the antiviral efficiency of the coating with more consistency in long-term protection. The active agents have already been tested and shown the highest efficiency against the HCoV-229E in the first phase of our work.

Faculty Supervisor:

Drew Higgins

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Partner:

Trimis Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

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