The lifespan of the coronavirus outside the human body depends on several factors, such as the nature of the material on which it is deposited and its physico-chemical properties. For example, The duration seems longer for metals than for plastics or wood.
1) What are the reasons?
2) How to exploit this behavior by imagining more adequate coatings for our work plans and tables in laboratories and classrooms?
3) Do you have any ideas or suggestions?
recent review by Yingjie Yu etal: Biosafety materials: an emerging new research direction of materials science from the COVID-19 outbreak
Dear Darcherif Abdel Moumen
Any material with good anti- viral or anti-microbial activity can be an excellent choice. So far, there has been no practical or experimental use of any material in this regard. However, some of the nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes(CNTs), Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) or Titanium dioxide may possibly be tested for this purpose in the near future.
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