• openAccess   Engineering polycotton fiber surfaces, with an timicrobial activity against S. aureus, E. Coli, C. albicans and SARS-CoV-2 

      Tremiliosi, Guilherme; pagotto simoes, luiz gustavo; Minozzi, Daniel; Santos, Renato; Vilela, Daiane C. B.; Durigon, Edison; Machado, Rafael R. G.; Sales-Medina, Douglas Ferreira; Banari, Alexandre C.; Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Rosa, Ieda; Assis, Marcelo de; Andres, Juan; Freitas-Junior, Lucio ScieniQ Publishers (2020-12-20)
      Pathogenic microorganisms are becoming a potential threat to the health of human beings and the environment worldwide. In this present study, we have developed a polycotton fiber, in which by incorporation and functionalization ...
    • openAccess   Exploring the Catalytic Mechanism of the RNA Cap Modification by nsp16-nsp10 Complex of SARS-CoV-2 through a QM/MM Approach 

      Araújo Silva, José Rogério; Urban, Jaime; Araújo, Edson; Lameira, Jerônimo; Moliner, Vicent; Nahum Alves, Cláudio MDPI (2021-12-28)
      The inhibition of key enzymes that may contain the viral replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have assumed central importance in drug discovery projects. Nonstructural proteins (nsps) ...
    • openAccess   Protective Face Masks: Current Status and Future Trends 

      Tuñón Molina, Alberto; Takayama, Kazuo; Redwan, Elrashdy M.; Uversky, Vladimir N.; Andres, Juan; Serrano-Aroca, Ángel American Chemical Society (2021-12-08)
      Management of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has relied in part on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Face masks, as a representative example of ...
    • openAccess   Unraveling the Intrinsic Biocidal Activity of the SiO2–Ag Composite against SARS-CoV-2: A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study 

      Carvalho de Oliveira, Marisa; Assis, Marcelo de; pagotto simoes, luiz gustavo; Minozzi, Daniel; Ribeiro, Renan; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson American Chemical Society (2023-01-25)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as an unprecedented global healthcare emergency, demanding the urgent development of effective materials to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This research was planned to disclose the ...