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    A project to develop surface treatments that can provide long-lasting protection against the COVID-19 virus has been launched at the University of Birmingham.
     
    Funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, the research will see the development of new antiviral sprays, films  and other products. These can be delivered via additives in existing commercial products, such as detergents, or integrated with current packaging processes, forming an invisible and long-lasting film of sub-micron thickness. Unlike existing disinfectants, the formulations will be designed to both capture the aerosol droplets and inactivate the virus. 
     
    The research is being carried out over the next 18 months in partnership with the University of Cambridge and three key industrial partners: Dupont Teijin Film (DTF), Innospec and FiberLean with the aim of rapidly commercializing the formulations produced.
     
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     “Scientific work so far suggests that COVID-19 is transmitted via aerosol droplets that not only carry but very likely protect the virus,” said Project Lead  Dr. Zhenyu Jason Zhang from the University of Birmingham’s School of Chemical Engineering. “The products we are developing will disrupt such protective environment, leaving the virus exposed and unable to survive once the aerosol droplets land on a communal surface such as handrail, table top.”
     
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