Innovative Plastics Materials for Mitigation of COVID-19 Spread

该研究项目的目标是确定塑料树脂中专有添加剂的适当浓度，以产生抗菌（包括抗病毒）活性。这种活性将降低通过接触表面转移活性SARS-CoV-2颗粒的能力，从而可能减少COVID-19的表面介导传播。含有添加剂的材料将在消费品和工业产品中具有多种用途，并且对于高触感表面将是最感兴趣的。这将是行业合作伙伴和学术合作伙伴之间的全面合作，其中行业合作伙伴准备待测材料，包含一系列添加剂，学术合作伙伴使用代理细菌培养物和噬菌体（细菌病毒）裂解物进行测试。研究结果将支持未来的生产和商业化。

This research project has the goal of determining the appropriate concentration of a proprietary additive to plastic resins that will yield antimicrobial (including antiviral) activity. Such activity would reduce the ability to transfer viable SARS-CoV-2 particles by touching surfaces, thus potentially reducing surface-mediated transmission of COVID-19. The material containing the additive would have multiple use in consumer and industrial goods, and would be of most interest for high touch surfaces. This would be a full collaboration between the industry partner and the academic partner, where the industry partner prepares the material to be tested, containing a range of additive, and the academic partner performs testing using proxy bacterial cultures and bacteriophage (bacterial virus) lysates. The results would support future manufacturing and commercializaiton.