• 文献标题:   Employing functionalized graphene quantum dots to combat coronavirus and enterovirus
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HSIEH CT, GU SY, GANDOMI YA, FU CC, SUNG PY, JUANG RS, CHEN CC
  • 作者关键词:   coronavirus deactivation, enteroviru, graphene quantum dot, surface functionality, solidphase microwaveassisted method
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COLLOID INTERFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0021-9797 EI 1095-7103
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.082 EA OCT 2022
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

The ongoing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus) pandemic continues to adversely affect the human life, economy, and the world's ecosystem. Although significant progress has been made in developing antiviral materials for the coronavirus, much more work is still needed. In this work, N-functionalized graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were designed and synthesized as the antiviral nanomaterial for Feline Coronavirus NTU156 (FCoV NTU156) and Enterovirus 71 (EV71)) with ultra-high inhibition (>99.9%). To prepare the GQD samples, a unique solid-phase microwave-assisted technique was developed and the cell toxicity was established on the H171 and H184 cell lines after 72 h incubation, indicating superior biocompatibility. The surface functionality of GQDs (i.e., the phenolic and amino groups) plays a vital role in interacting with the receptor-binding-domain of the spike protein. It was also found that the addition of polyethylene glycol is advantageous for the dispersion and the adsorption of functionalized GQDs onto the virus surface, leading to an enhanced virus inhibition. The functionality of as-prepared GQD