STERILISING SPRAY

This latest science invention is a spray-on invisible thin glass
coating that sterilizes, protects and strengthens surfaces.
The coating also repels water, dirt, stains, mildew, fungus, bacteria
and viruses.
A liquid coating invented at the Saarbrücken Institute for New
Materials in Turkey and patented by Nanopool GmbH Germany, is a
flexible and breathable spray-on glass film.
The film is approximately 100 nanometres thick (500 times thinner
than a human hair) and has multiple applications and uses in
numerous fields.
The coating is environmentally friendly (Winner of the Green Apple
Award).
It can be applied within seconds to make any surface very easy to
clean and safe from anti-microbes (Winner of the NHS Smart
Solutions Award).
The special glass coating known as "SiO2 ultra-thin layering"
protects practically any surface against water, uv radiation, dirt,
heat, acid, stains, mildew, fungus. bacteria and viruses.
Trials by food processing plants in Germany have concluded that
surfaces coated with liquid glass only need hot water for cleaning.
In fact, the coating provided higher levels of sterility than surfaces
cleaned with bleach or other chemicals.
A year long trial at a British hospital in Southport, Lancashire is to
be published soon with very promising results for a wide range of
coating applications used on medical equipment, implants,
catheters, sutures and bandages.
Trials for in-vivo applications are confidential, but Neil McClelland,
the UK Project Manager for Nanopool GmbH, describes the results
as "stunning".
"Items such as stents can be coated, and this will create anti
sticking features. Catheters and sutures which are a source of
infection, will also cease to be problematic," he says.
Colin Humphreys, a professor of materials science at Cambridge
University, commented that liquid glass appears to have a wide
range of applications and that the product 'looks impressive'.
The investment opportunities for this latest science invention seem
endless - buildings, vehicles, appliances, clothing etc. can have dirt
and germ free surfaces without using toxic coatings or chemicals.
Sources: nanopool.eu;dailymail.co.uk