Role of graphene in biosensor and protective textile against viruses

Amit Kumar; Kamal Sharma; Amit Rai Dixit

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110253

Role of graphene in biosensor and protective textile against viruses

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov:144:110253. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110253. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

Authors

Amit Kumar¹, Kamal Sharma², Amit Rai Dixit³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, GLA University, Mathura 281406, India. Electronic address: amit9532@gmail.com.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, GLA University, Mathura 281406, India.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a recently discovered infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Graphene is an emerging material due to its extraordinary performance in the field of electronics and antimicrobial textiles. Special attention devoted to graphene oxide-based materials due to its surface to volume ratio is very high which make it easy to attach biomolecules by simple adsorption or by crosslinking between reactive groups and the graphene surface. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have summarized the recent developments of graphene and its derivatives with possible virus detection and textile applications. Moreover, graphene strain sensors can be executed on high-performance textiles and high-throughput drug efficacy screening.

Keywords: COVID-19; Graphene; Sensors; Textile.

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Anti-Infective Agents
Biosensing Techniques*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Cross-Linking Reagents
Electronics
Graphite / chemistry*
Humans
Materials Testing
Models, Theoretical
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Health
SARS-CoV-2
Surface Properties
Textiles*
Wearable Electronic Devices

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Cross-Linking Reagents
graphene oxide
Graphite