Laser surface texturing for antiviral surfaces?

• Main Authors: Nagarajan, Balasubramanian, Yildirim, Kerim, Saravanan, Rathi, Castagne, Sylvie
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Inactivation; Attachment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159957
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, especially, the transmission of the virus via infected contact surfaces, has put increased emphasis on the need to fabricate antimicrobial surfaces to protect against various deadly pathogens. Laser surface texturing (LST), one of the common surface modification...