PhotoCide Protection aims to reduce the morbidity and hundreds of thousands of deaths per year caused  by bacteria, viruses and molds, by helping to prevent their survival on and transmission from contaminated surfaces.

PhotoCide Protection has developed a revolutionary antimicrobial coating that combines engineered cellulose and other materials with photosensitizers.  The photosensitizers react with ambient light and oxygen from the air to emit biocidal oxygen, which destroys 99.99% of harmful pathogens (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) on surfaces. Unlike current disinfectants and antimicrobial products, most of which last only until the next contact with a pathogen and/or contain caustic chemicals or metals, PhotoCide Protection’s products offer:

1) the ability to self-recharge to continue anti-microbial action for 30 days and

2) non-toxicity to people, animals and the environment as the biocidal oxygen reverts back to breathable oxygen in a millisecond.

PhotoCide Protection Inc. was founded in 2018 by a multidisciplinary research team at North Carolina State University to develop long lasting self-disinfecting coatings to combat the spread of infectious diseases via high touch surfaces.

PhotoCide Protection develops light-activated self-disinfecting materials such as fabrics, plastics, and coatings with broad spectrum activity against bacteria, viruses and fungi.