IIT Madras-backed start-up develops textiles that can zap Corona in 5 mins

Up go 99.00 per cent of the pathogen can be deactivated using textiles coated with nano particles

Muse Nanobots, a subsidiary of Muse Wearables founded by IIT Madras Alumni and supported by the institute's incubation cell, has developed a nanotech-coating on textiles that can deactivate coronavirus within five minutes of contact.

Muse nano-coated textiles offers enhanced protection to travelling people and to frontline healthcare, hospital, hotels and restaurant workers, the company claims.

Muse Nanobots conducted a study with the US-based Situ Biosciences, an independent product test laboratory in Chicago that specialises in providing microbial product testing.

The study, conducted to gauge the effectiveness of Muse Nanobots antiviral coating on coronavirus 229E, showed that it inactivated 99.99 per cent of the