• openAccess   Bioactive Ag3PO4/Polypropylene Composites for Inactivation of SARS-CoV?2 and Other Important Public Health Pathogens 

      Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Assis, Marcelo de; R. Lima, Lais; Coelho, Dyovani; Gonçalves, Mariana O.; Paiva, Robert; Moraes, Leonardo N; Fogaça de Almeida, Lauana; Lipsky, Felipe; San-Miguel, Miguel A.; Mascaro, Lucia; Grotto, Rejane Maria Tommasini; Sousa, Cristina P; Rosa, Ieda; Cruz, Sandra A; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson American Chemical Society (2021-09-21)
      The current unprecedented coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is increasingly demanding advanced materials and new technologies to protect us and inactivate SARS-CoV-2. In this research work, we report the manufacture of Ag3PO4 ...
    • openAccess   Polypropylene Modified with Ag-Based Semiconductors as a Potential Material against SARS-CoV-2 and Other Pathogens 

      Assis, Marcelo de; Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Gonçalves, Mariana O.; Staffa, Lucas Henrique; Paiva, Robert S.; R. Lima, Lais; Coelho, Dyovani; Almeida, Lauana F.; Moraes, Leonardo N; Rosa, Ieda L. V.; Mascaro, Lucia; Grotto, Rejane M. T.; Sousa, Cristina P; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson; Cruz, Sandra A American Chemical Society (2022-10-14)
      The worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and other emerging infections are difficult and sometimes impossible to treat, making them one of the major public health problems of our time. It is noteworthy ...
    • closedAccess   Unveiling Antimicrobial Properties and Crystallization Induction in PLA Using α-Ag2WO4 Nanoparticles 

      Onue, Letícia A.; Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Gonçalves, Mariana O.; Longo, Elson; de Sousa, Cristina Paiva; Assis, Marcelo de; Cruz, Sandra A American Chemical Society (2024-03-22)
      In this study, α-Ag2WO4 nanoparticles were synthesized and then immobilized within the poly(lactic acid) (PLA) matrix at varying concentrations (0.5, 1.0, and 3.0%). X-ray diffraction revealed the successful incorporation ...