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  • A crew sprays a commercial airplane to coat it in a protective anti-ice layer.

    Zentek icephobic coatings undergo testing

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Sep 20, 2022

    Zentek Ltd., the company that has been advancing its ZenGuard technology of antimicrobial graphene surface coatings, has placed its latest innovation – icephobic coatings – under rigorous testing with sand and rain erosion assessments, demonstrating that the technology is durable in adverse conditions for both turbine and drone industries. As a mining company that began its technology journey amid the COVID-19 pandemic to develop solutions to prevent the spread of the...

  • Zen Graphene Solutions Zentek graphene face masks Canada Trebor Rx COVID 19

    2021 was a pivotal year for Zen Graphene

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    2021 has been a watershed year for Zentek Ltd., which entered the year as Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd., a mining company leveraging the unique characteristics of the graphite at its Albany project in Ontario to produce a graphene coating that is more than 99% effective at killing a broad range of bacteria and viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19, and exited the year as a technology that is applying this patent-pending ZENGuard antimicrobial coating...

  • ZEN Graphene Trebor Rx Health Canada Nucro-Technics ZENGuard PPE COVID-19

    ZEN, Trebor answer Health Canada request

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. and Trebor Rx Corp. have submitted additional information requested by Health Canada in regard to a recent precautionary recall of face masks treated with graphene. Earlier this month, Health Canada issued an advisory warning that inhaling graphene particles from treated face masks may pose health risks. Trebor is a Canada-based company that is producing masks treated with an antimicrobial graphene compound developed by ZEN that has been proven in...

  • ZEN Graphene Health Canada Trebor Rx graphene masks antibacterial

    ZEN supports Canada graphene mask recall

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. said it supports Health Canada's recent precautionary recall of face masks that contain graphene, a 2D material that has been proven highly effective at killing viruses, bacteria, and fungi responsible for a broad range of diseases. Health Canada recently issued an advisory warning that inhaling graphene particles from treated face masks may pose health risks. "Until the department completes a thorough scientific assessment and has established the s...

  • ZEN Graphene antimicrobial graphene SARS-CoV-2 MRSA Dr. Tony Mazzulli

    Graphene shows promise in superbug fight

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Laboratory tests indicate that a small dose of a graphene compound developed by ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. is highly effective in fighting antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, including multidrug-resistant variants like methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Previous testing carried out by Dr. Tony Mazzulli, microbiologist-in-chief and infectious disease specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and professor in two medicine and pathobiology departments at the...

  • Zen Graphene Solutions Inc. Trebor RX George Irwin graphene nitrile gloves

    Graphene coated surgical gloves coming

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Furthering a partnership to provide frontline medical workers with an extra layer of protection from bacteria, fungi and viruses, Canada-based Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. and Trebor RX are working together to produce nitrile gloves with a graphene-based antimicrobial coating. "We are excited to bring another game changer to the PPE Industry," said Trebor RX CEO George Irwin. "We believe Zen's biocidal coating on gloves gives front line responders and health care associates in...

  • COVID-19 Teck Resources Corning Vollebak Graphene Composites CityU Hong Kong

    Minerals and metals to heal a sick planet

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    2020 was a year many will not forget, from the onset of COVID-19 in the spring, to the subsequent economic instability left in its wake. A silver lining to this challenging year, however, may be the innovations and inventions developed to combat the contagion and bring certainty back into people's lives. Turning to relatively unexplored technologies and chemistries, companies sought the natural antimicrobial powers of "medical" metals and minerals such as the natural...

  • Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. Greg Fenton Dr. Tony Mazzulli University of Toronto

    Graphene may treat spectrum of disease

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Graphene has emerged as a powerful antimicrobial that can prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses when added to masks, paints, sports gear, and other products. Now, initial tests by a leading infectious disease specialist in Canada indicate that a graphene-based compound may be able to treat a broad spectrum of pathogens that make it past the first lines of defense and into the human body. This graphene-based antibiotic, antiviral, and antifungal compound developed by...

  • Coronavirus COVID-19 Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. virus respirator 99% effective

    Zen graphene enhanced masks on the way

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. has cut a deal to supply Canada-based Trebor Rx Corp. with enough COVID-19 killing graphene-based ink to treat 100 million personal protection masks and mask filters. "The signing of this significant commercial agreement is a watershed moment for our organization. Moreover, it is an honor for Zen to partner with a Canadian company like Trebor and develop a 100% Canadian solution in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic," said Zen Graphene...

  • Black graphene ink in glass of water Zen virucidal formula

    Zen Graphene expands antiviral ink lab

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    With growing commercial interest in its coronavirus killing graphene-based ink, Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. has expanded the laboratory and office space needed to meet demand. In September, the Ontario-based graphene technology company announced that independent lab testing shows that its patent pending graphene infused ink is 99% effective at killing the virus responsible for COVID-19. While non-treated masks and protective equipment can be effective at trapping viruses...

  • Virucidal graphene silver ink for treating masks protective equipment

    Tests find Zen Graphene ink kills COVID

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    After five months of optimization and testing, ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. says it has developed a graphene-based ink that is 99% effective at killing the virus responsible COVID-19. Applied to materials used to make face masks and other personal protective equipment, this virucidal ink shows the potential to help prevent the spread COVID-19 as the world braces for a second wave of the disease. Earlier this year, the company sent samples of its graphene-based ink to a...

  • Northrop Grumman space freighter Soyuz MS-12 crew ship graphene em shields

    Out of this world 3D printed graphene

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Incredibly strong, lightweight, and conductive, it was only a matter of time the out-of-this-world properties of graphene were considered for use by the aerospace industry. Now, University of British Columbia Professor Mohammad Arjmand and his team are embarking on a research project to develop 3D printed graphene-polymer nanocomposites to shield the electronics aboard satellites from the electromagnetic radiation in space. Earth's magnetic shield deflects most of the charged...

  • Zen Albany Graphene for Covid 19 coronavirus testing detection viral RNA

    Zen provides graphene for COVID-19 test

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Graphene's ability to kill viruses has captured headlines as companies look to add it to face masks, sporting equipment, paints and numerous other products aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19. Now, it seems this 2D carbon material may also have a role to play in advanced detection of the disease. University of Ottawa Professor Maxim Berezovski, head of the Berezovski Research Group, is developing a dual detection testing method that can be performed in two hours and will...

  • Graphene medical uses antiviral virucidal ink masks protective equipment

    Graphene goes into COVID-19 killing ink

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Zen Graphene Solutions is collaborating with Graphene Composites Ltd. to develop a COVID-19 killing virucidal graphene-based composite ink that can be applied to fabrics, including N95 face masks and other personal protective equipment. Graphene Composites, a United Kingdom-based company with offices in the U.S, specializes in the technology of nanomaterials. Focusing on the usage of graphene and other distinctive materials, such as aerogels, they produce a range of products...

  • graphene ZENGuard antimicrobial masks COVID-19 coronavirus Health Canada

    Health Canada okays ZEN Graphene masks

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Oct 5, 2021

    One year after unveiling a graphene-based coating that is 99% effective at killing the virus responsible for COVID-19 when applied to face masks and other personal protective equipment, ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. has received Health Canada approval of its ZENGuard disposable face mask treated with this pathogen-fighting coating. "Exactly one year ago today we announced the scientific breakthrough related to our antimicrobial coating – and now seeing proactive affirmation...