論文

国際誌
2021年9月14日

Antiviral Face Mask Functionalized with Solidified Hand Soap: Low-Cost Infection Prevention Clothing against Enveloped Viruses Such as SARS-CoV-2.

ACS omega
  • Alba Cano-Vicent
  • ,
  • Alberto Tuñón-Molina
  • ,
  • Miguel Martí
  • ,
  • Yukiko Muramoto
  • ,
  • Takeshi Noda
  • ,
  • Kazuo Takayama
  • ,
  • Ángel Serrano-Aroca

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開始ページ
23495
終了ページ
23503
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1021/acsomega.1c03511

Infection prevention clothing is becoming an essential protective tool in the current pandemic, especially because now we know that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can easily infect humans in poorly ventilated indoor spaces. However, commercial infection prevention clothing is made of fabrics that are not capable of inactivating the virus. Therefore, viral infections of symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals wearing protective clothing such as masks can occur through aerosol transmission or by contact with the contaminated surfaces of the masks, which are suspected as an increasing source of highly infectious biological waste. Herein, we report an easy fabrication method of a novel antiviral non-woven fabric containing polymer filaments that were coated with solidified hand soap. This extra protective fabric is capable of inactivating enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and phage Φ6 within 1 min of contact. In this study, this antiviral fabric was used to fabricate an antiviral face mask and did not show any cytotoxic effect in human keratinocyte HaCaT cells. Furthermore, this antiviral non-woven fabric could be used for the fabrication of other infection prevention clothing such as caps, scrubs, shirts, trousers, disposable gowns, overalls, hoods, aprons, and shoe covers. Therefore, this low-cost technology could provide a wide range of infection-protective tools to combat COVID-19 and future pandemics in developed and underdeveloped countries.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c03511
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34514272
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8424690
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1021/acsomega.1c03511
  • PubMed ID : 34514272
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8424690

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