Oxynitride bioceramics for safer and long-term virus inactivation

Purpose and goal The aim of this study is to find opportunities for bioceramics to address the challenges of Covid-19. The specific objectives are to test the long-term virus inactivation of newly developed oxynitride ceramics based on surface contact. The applications of new oxynitride bioceramics could be as particle, coating, bulk, composites et al. Expected results and effects In this project, we are aiming for optimizing the nitride ceramic material with controlled size, phase and oxygen content and making sanitizer for in vitro and in vivo antivirus testing. The dose-effect will be tested. The optimized sanitizer will be tested in the animal hospital and the samples will be collected for testing to confirm its effect of virus inactivation in hours, days and weeks. Planned approach and implementation The MiM group in UU will be responsible for the material preparation and characterization and the production of the aiming sanitizer. The virus group in UU will help the testing of virus inactivation for the oxidized nitride ceramics and the sanitizer, and samples collected from the animal hospital. The group in the animal hospital will be responsible for using the sanitizer and collecting samples for antivirus testing.