CodiKoat. A novel process for giving frequently contacted surfaces virucidal properties

新冠肺炎已经严重影响了英国，社交距离和封锁严重影响了商业活动。经济不能承受新冠肺炎疫情的第二次高峰，但现在封锁正在放松，企业和公共场所变得越来越拥挤。企业需要确保自己的安全，以保护他们的员工和与他们打交道的公众。目前清洁表面以确保它们不携带病毒的最好方法是用漂白剂等化学物质消毒。这些化学物质是危险的，破坏环境，但新冠肺炎意味着许多表面现在每天都要消毒多次。CodiKoat正在开发一种新的表面处理方法，将使企业不再如此频繁地对表面进行消毒。我们正在将纳米颗粒与特定的表面化学相结合，这意味着病毒在接触表面的几秒钟内就会被摧毁。这种处理可以添加到自粘性薄膜中，这意味着它可以快速而轻松地应用于任何需要它的表面。这将减少对几乎持续的表面消毒的需要，同时还保护人们免受表面传播病毒的影响。

Covid-19 has severely impacted the UK, with social distancing and lockdown severely compromising business activities. The economy cannot afford a second spike in the Covid-19 outbreak but now that lockdown is being eased, businesses and public places are becoming increasingly crowded.Businesses need to ensure they are Covid-secure to protect their workers and the public who they deal with. The current best way of cleaning surfaces to ensure they do not harbour viruses is by disinfection with chemicals such as bleach. These chemicals are hazardous and environmentally damaging, but Covid-19 means many surfaces are now disinfected multiple times per day.CodiKoat are developing a novel surface treatment that will enable businesses to stop disinfecting surfaces so frequently. We are combining nanoparticles with a specific surface chemistry that means viruses are destroyed within seconds of contacting the surface. This treatment can be added to self-adhesive films, which means it can be applied quickly and easily to any surface where it is needed. This will reduce the need for near continual surface disinfection, while also protecting people form surface-borne viruses.