According to the World Health Organisation, one of the main concerns of COVID-19 virus is its tenacity to spread from droplets that either land directly on a surface or are transmitted to a surface by an infected person. In this study, we report the potential of using superhydrophobic surfaces to combat the transmission and spread of fomites infected by COVID-19 virus strand. Fomites include clothes, utensils, furniture, regularly touched objects and personal protective equipment used by Health Care Workers to act as barriers against fluid transmission and/or fluid penetration. In this effort, we propose three strategies to combat the transmission and the spread of the virus: encapsulation, contamination suppression, and elimination. We believe that this can be achieved by the use of our recently developed superhydrophobic coating and regenerative monolith to encapsulate and suppress the virus. The newly developed superhydrophobic coating and monolith are scalable, economical, and facile with the monolith capable of regeneration. The elimination of the virus will be through the use of antiviral and antibacterial copper nanoparticles or dedicated copper surfaces.

据世界卫生组织称，COVID-19 病毒的主要问题之一是其通过直接落在表面或由感染者传播到表面的飞沫传播的顽强性。在这项研究中，我们报告了使用超疏水表面来对抗 COVID-19 病毒链感染的污染物的传播和扩散的潜力。污染物包括衣服、器具、家具、经常接触的物体以及医护人员用来作为防止液体传播和/或液体渗透的屏障的个人防护设备。在这项工作中，我们提出了三种对抗病毒传播和扩散的策略：封装、抑制污染和消除。我们相信，这可以通过使用我们最近开发的超疏水涂层和再生整体来封装和抑制病毒来实现。新开发的超疏水涂层和整体材料可扩展、经济且易于使用，并且整体材料能够再生。通过使用抗病毒和抗菌铜纳米粒子或专用铜表面来消除病毒。