Optically enhanced antiviral transparent screen protection

随着人们恢复日常生活，社会需要新的解决方案来降低COVID-19交叉感染的可能性。然而，常见的触摸表面已被证明含有严重的病毒和微生物污染。SARS-CoV-2病毒可以在塑料和玻璃表面存在数天，尽管定期清洁，但同一接触表面的多个用户会产生持续的生物负荷，导致交叉污染。利用真空镀膜技术开发了一种新型透明涂层，具有极强的杀菌性和抗反射性。这些新的抗反射、抗病毒涂层将在两种应用中进行测试。第一个应用是将这些涂层用于可重复使用的面罩和护目镜，以提供清晰的视觉，具有持续的自清洁效果，并减少化学清洁对皮肤的刺激。第二项应用将测试广泛用于交通运输的售票机上的涂层，从而打破因多人接触同一表面而产生的传播链。

Society requires new solutions to reduce the probability of COVID-19 cross-infection as people resume their daily lives. However, common touch surfaces have been shown to contain significant viral and microbial contamination. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can be present on plastic and glass surfaces for several days and multiple users of the same touch surfaces creates a continuous biological load that leads to cross-contamination, despite periodic cleaning.A new form of transparent coating has been developed using vacuum coating that is extremely biocidal and will be combined with anti-reflection characteristics. These new anti-reflective, anti-viral coatings will be tested for two applications. The first application is to utilise these coatings for reusable face visors and goggles to afford clear vision with continuous self-cleaning effect and reduce skin irritation from chemical cleaning. The second application will test the coating on ticket machines used widely in transport and thus break chains of transmission arising from numerous people touching the same surface.