Graphene-based Materials for Fighting Coronavirus Disease 2019: Challenges and Opportunities

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered as serious global threat of this time and greatest challenge for recent days. Several approaches have been carried out in this direction to fight against COVID-19. Among these, nanotechnology is one of the promising approach to face these challenges in the current situation. Recently, graphene-based nanomaterials have been explored for COVID-19 due to its unique physicochemical properties. This mini review provides a recent progress in graphene-based nanomaterials and its applications for diagnosis, detection, decontamination, and protection against COVID-19. Further, main challenges and perspective for fundamental design and development of technologies based on graphene-based materials are discussed and suitable directions to improve these technologies are suggested. This article will provide timely knowledge and future direction about this wonder materials in various biological applications.