• 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   PVC-SiO2-Ag composite as a powerful biocide and anti-SARS-CoV-2 material 

      Assis, Marcelo de; Simoes, Luiz Gustavo P.; Tremiliosi, Guilherme; Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Coelho, Dyovani; Minozzi, Daniel; Santos, Renato; Vilela, Daiane C. B.; Mascaro, Lucia; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson Springer (2021-08-31)
      The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has pushed scientists and technologists to find novel strategies to develop new materials to prevent the transmission, spread, and entry of pathogens into the human body. In this report, the ...
    • openAccess   SiO2-Ag Composite as a Highly Virucidal Material: A Roadmap that Rapidly Eliminates SARS-CoV-2 

      Assis, Marcelo de; pagotto simoes, luiz gustavo; Tremiliosi, Guilherme; Coelho, Dyovani; Minozzi, Daniel; Santos, Renato; Vilela, Daiane C. B.; Rodrigues do Santos, Jeziel; Ribeiro , Lara Kelly; Rosa, Ieda; Mascaro, Lucia; Andres, Juan; Longo, Elson MDPI (2021-03-04)
      COVID-19, as the cause of a global pandemic, has resulted in lockdowns all over the world since early 2020. Both theoretical and experimental efforts are being made to find an effective treatment to suppress the virus, ...