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Inductively heatable protective films to combat COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    ProfDr. Karl Mandel

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

  • Research 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.