(From left) Professor Huang Mingxin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU; and Liu Litao, Ph.D student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU. University of Hong Kong researchers have developed the world's first stainless steel that kills the Covid-19 virus. The HKU team found that stainless steel containing high copper content can kill the coronavirus on its surface within hours, which they say could help lower risk of accidental infection. Researchers have been liaising with industrial partners to generate prototypes of stainless steel products such as lift buttons, doorknobs and handrails for further tests and trials. “The present anti-Covid-19 stainless steel can be mass produced using existing mature technologies.

Source: The Standard December 10, 2021 01:36 UTC