Virucidal Coatings Active Against SARS-CoV-2
Barabanova A.I. Karamov E.V. Larichev V.F. Kornilaeva G.V. Fedyakina I.T. Turgiev A.S. Naumkin A.V. Lokshin B.V. Shibaev A.V. Potemkin I.I. Philippova O.E.
October 2024Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Molecules
2024#29Issue 20
Three types of coatings (contact-based, release-based, and combined coatings with both contact-based and release-based actions) were prepared and tested for the ability to inactivate SARS-CoV-2. In these coatings, quaternary ammonium surfactants were used as active agents since quaternary ammonium compounds are some of the most commonly used disinfectants. To provide contact-based action, the glass and silicon surfaces with covalently attached quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant were prepared using a dimethyloctadecyl[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ammonium chloride modifier. Surface modification was confirmed by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy, and contact angle measurements. The grafting density of the modifier was estimated by XPS and elemental analysis. To provide release-based action, the widely used quaternary ammonium cationic disinfectant, benzalkonium chloride (BAC), and a newly synthesized cationic gemini surfactant, C18-4-C18, were bound non-covalently to the surface either through hydrophobic or electrostatic interactions. Virus titration revealed that the surfaces with combined contact-based and release-based action and the surfaces with only release-based action completely inactivate SARS-CoV-2. Coatings containing only covalently bound disinfectant are much less effective; they only provide up to 1.25 log10 reduction in the virus titer, probably because of the low disinfectant content in the surface monolayer. No pronounced differences in the activity between the flat and structured surfaces were observed for any of the coatings under study. Comparative studies of free and electrostatically bound disinfectants show that binding to the surface of nanoparticles diminishes the activity. These data indicate that SARS-CoV-2 is more sensitive to the free disinfectants.
cationic surfactants , COVID-19 , disinfectants , quaternary ammonium compounds , SARS-CoV-2 , virus inactivation
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Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Chemistry Department, Karaganda E.A. Buketov University, Karaganda, 100028, Kazakhstan
Institute of Organoelement Compounds
Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health
Physics Department
Chemistry Department
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