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Polymers & Soft Materials

Plastic film protects surfaces against novel coronavirus on contact

By Elton Alisson November 5, 2020

Nanoparticles of silver and silica are built into a polyethylene structure, eliminating 99.84% of the viral particles after two minutes of contact.

Read the article in FAPESP Innovative R&D.

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