Kind of amazing, wonder how much trouble it is to apply: The surface coating lasts "significantly longer" than conventional disinfec tants that use alcohol or bleach, which lose their function as the liquids evaporates, according to HKUST. To help achieve this, it relies on heat-se nsitive polymers that its inventors say responds to contamination from touc h or droplets. It does this by releasing a larger amount of disinfectant wh en it senses an increase in temperature that can take place whenever our ha nds touch a surface or when moisture from droplets.
This one must not have worked very well: In terms of infection control, we developed PECD antimicrobial coating, a s terilizer that removes up to 99.99% of different infectious viruses. Using it as a coating on air-particulate filters in air purification systems in h ospitals aids the effort to contain transmission of viruses. The technology was adopted for use at Wuhan?s Huoshenshan Hospital, an emergency hospital constructed specifically to battle the coronavirus outbreak.