Technological innovations in the post-pandemic period: an analysis of the graphene’s antimicrobial property
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i5p486-493Keywords:
Graphene, Nanocomposite, COVID-19, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Personal Protective Equipment,, Biosensing Techniques, Public Health, Technological InnovationsAbstract
Nanomaterials are emerging as possible solutions to contemporary public health challenges. Among these materials, graphene has received attention from the scientific community due to its properties and particularities, such as lightness, rigidity, thermal and electrical conductivity and, mainly, its antimicrobial potential. In the context of medicine, recent research addresses the application of this material in personal protective equipment, due to the containment in the transmission of potential viruses. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, graphene proved to be a material with considerable relevance for study; however, there is a lack of information in the literature that systematically uses the knowledge of this nanocomposite and its properties and applications specifically for the health area, in order to provide a thorough understanding of antimicrobial performance and attest to its biomedical employability. This study aims to contribute to a review of the literature of articles published in the last five years, using free access platforms as a database. The objective is to analyze and systematize the panorama of technological innovations of graphene in the scope of public health, identifying and investigating five main aspects: temporal evolution of publications, most relevant properties, forms of presentation of the graphene nanocomposite, possible effects of its application to human health, as well as the main obstacles. It was concluded that the number of articles published on the compound has increased significantly in recent years, especially in the year 2020, that the antimicrobial function stands out promisingly among the other functions addressed, in addition to the nanomaterial gaining notoriety due to its applicability in biosensors by enabling the recognition and elimination of pathogens, as well as therapeutic effects brought about by nanomedicines that use graphene as a carrier.
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