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Covid 19-IIT Ropar has developed coatings to combat microbes for spray on walls

Covid 19-IIT Ropar has developed coatings to combat microbes for spray on walls

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh

IIT Ropar is actively contributing to address the issues related to COVID-19. The country, at present, is in the process of slowly opening the commercial, official and transportation activities.

It has therefore becomes prudent to sanitize the public areas regularly with sanitizers. However, the materials available currently in market for sanitizing/fogging purposes are mostly made of volatile organic compounds and /or have pungent smell. In this direction, IIT Ropar team (Dr. Narinder Singh, Prof. C. Raman Suri, Prof. Harpreet Singh and  Amanpreet Singh) has developed noble synthetic materials for anti-microbial coatings on PPE kits, spray for disinfecting tunnels, and for fogging purpose.

These materials are non-volatile in nature with no foul smell, possess very high anti-microbial activities, and showing high shelf life on different metallic or non-metallic surfaces. The team has developed two types of coatings: (1) Hydrophilic and (2) Hydrophobic and hence one can use them based upon the area of application. The hydrophilic materials are primarily meant for fogging and spray on walls etc; while hydrophobic materials are specifically designed for coatings on PPE, hospitals and furniture.

Covid 19-IIT Ropar has developed coatings to combat microbes for spray on walls
IIT Ropar

It is worth to mention here that materials have excellent physico-chemical properties, which authenticate their applications under broad range of temperature and varied environmental conditions. The team has tested the materials against broad range of microbes and has established the mechanism of action of materials. The institute is filing the IPR; several private companies have already contacted the institute and technology is transferred to E2H TECHNOLOGIES LLP under non-exclusive licensing.

The institute will provide the non-exclusive technology transfer to other companies as well. The same team is also developing the rapid test kit for the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients.

May, 24,2020

 

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