{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(16)"],"submitter":["Djellabi R"],"pubmed_abstract":["The current <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> pandemic causes serious public health, social, and economic issues all over the globe. Surface transmission has been claimed as a possible <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> infection route, especially in heavy contaminated environmental surfaces, including hospitals and crowded public places. Herein, we studied the deactivation of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> on photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> coated on industrial ceramic tiles under dark, UVA, and LED light irradiations. <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> inactivation is effective under any light/dark conditions. The presence of AgNPs has an important key to limit the survival of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> in the dark; moreover, there is a synergistic action when TiO<sub>2</sub> is decorated with Ag to enhance the virus photocatalytic inactivation even under LED. The radical oxidation was confirmed as the the central mechanism behind <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> damage/inactivation by ESR analysis under LED light. Therefore, photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> ceramic tiles could be exploited to fight surface infections, especially during viral severe pandemics."],"journal":["International journal of molecular sciences"],"pagination":["8836"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8396237"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Oxidative Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on Photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> Ceramic Tiles."],"pmcid":["PMC8396237"],"pubmed_authors":["Bianchi CL","Delbue S","Basilico N","Falletta E","Parapini S","Cerrato G","Djellabi R","D'Alessandro S","Laurenti E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Oxidative Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on Photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> Ceramic Tiles.","description":"The current <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> pandemic causes serious public health, social, and economic issues all over the globe. Surface transmission has been claimed as a possible <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> infection route, especially in heavy contaminated environmental surfaces, including hospitals and crowded public places. Herein, we studied the deactivation of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> on photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> coated on industrial ceramic tiles under dark, UVA, and LED light irradiations. <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> inactivation is effective under any light/dark conditions. The presence of AgNPs has an important key to limit the survival of <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> in the dark; moreover, there is a synergistic action when TiO<sub>2</sub> is decorated with Ag to enhance the virus photocatalytic inactivation even under LED. The radical oxidation was confirmed as the the central mechanism behind <i>SARS-CoV-2</i> damage/inactivation by ESR analysis under LED light. Therefore, photoactive AgNPs@TiO<sub>2</sub> ceramic tiles could be exploited to fight surface infections, especially during viral severe pandemics.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Aug","modification":"2026-04-08T07:19:23.222Z","creation":"2025-06-01T03:56:48.667Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8396237","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34445543"],"doi":["10.3390/ijms22168836"]}}