Inductively heatable protective films to combat COVID-19
- Funded by Volkswagen Stiftung
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19start year
2020Funder
Volkswagen StiftungPrincipal Investigator
ProfDr. Karl MandelResearch Location
GermanyLead Research Institution
Universität Erlangen-NürnbergResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Infection prevention and control
Research Subcategory
Barriers, PPE, environmental, animal and vector control measures
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable
Abstract
The central question of this project is how can we make sure not having to touch potentially virus-contaminated surfaces in our daily life? The team proposes easy-to-apply contactless cleanable protective films on which viruses are destroyed thermally as the films are designed to be inductively heatable. The key impact of this development is that any surface can be quickly equipped with a simple contactless cleanability that makes the classical use of disinfectant chemicals obsolete and avoids loads of waste as it shifts the chemical disinfectant paradigm to using heat instead.