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Antimicrobial Copper Coating For Reusable Personal Protective Equipment

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    Peter Wall Institute

  • Principal Investigator

    Jian Liu

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Barriers, PPE, environmental, animal and vector control measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    Innovation

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

In collaboration with Myant Inc., a Toronto-based facemask manufacturer, Dr. Jian Liu's team aims at developing self-disinfecting and reusable fabric facemasks that are suitable for everyday use by the public. The team will apply a new atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique to achieve uniform and strong-adhesive antimicrobial copper coating on the fabric facemasks. The copper coating can not only kill the infectious agents, but also survive laundry washing without compromising functionality. Within 6 months of the completion of this project, Myant will incorporate an industrial-scale roll-to-roll ALD into its facemask manufacturing facility in Toronto.