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Silicon nitride: a potent solid-state bioceramic inactivator of ssRNA viruses.
Scientific reports - 3 Feb 2021
Pezzotti Giuseppe, Boschetto Francesco, Ohgitani Eriko, Fujita Yuki, Zhu Wenliang, Marin Elia, McEntire Bryan J, Bal B Sonny, Mazda Osam
Abstract excerpt
Surface inactivation of human microbial pathogens has a long history. The Smith Papyrus (2600 ~ 2200 B.C.) described the use of copper surfaces to sterilize chest wounds and drinking water. Brass and bronze on doorknobs can discourage microbial spread in hospitals, and metal-base surface coatings are used in hygiene-sensitive environments, both as inactivators and modulators of cellular immunity. A limitation of...
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