Aerosol capture and coronavirus spike protein deactivation by enzyme functionalized antiviral membranes

Rollie Mills; Ronald J. Vogler; Matthew Bernard; Jacob Concolino; Louis B. Hersh; Yinan Wei; Jeffrey Todd Hastings; Thomas Dziubla; Kevin C. Baldridge; Dibakar Bhattacharyya

doi:10.1038/s43246-022-00256-0

Communications Materials (May 2022)

Aerosol capture and coronavirus spike protein deactivation by enzyme functionalized antiviral membranes

Rollie Mills,
Ronald J. Vogler,
Matthew Bernard,
Jacob Concolino,
Louis B. Hersh,
Yinan Wei,
Jeffrey Todd Hastings,
Thomas Dziubla,
Kevin C. Baldridge,
Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Affiliations

Rollie Mills: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Ronald J. Vogler: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Matthew Bernard: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Jacob Concolino: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Louis B. Hersh: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky
Yinan Wei: Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Jeffrey Todd Hastings: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky
Thomas Dziubla: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Kevin C. Baldridge: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
Dibakar Bhattacharyya: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00256-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of materials that block airborne virus transmission. Here, a nanostructured membrane is shown to filter coronavirus-sized particles, while the membrane surface incorporates enzymes that denature the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein within 30 s.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmat/

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