New approach to dual attack

摘要

The material developed at the McGowan Institute contains halide-producing reagents which act as a biocide and can also disable some chemicals, while for effective action against nerve gas materials -often complex organophosphates (OPs), which attack cholinesterase (ChE) pathways in the body -oximes are known to be a valuable approach. In these experiments, the team used the oxime N-alkyl 4-pyridinium aldoxime (4-PAM, on an acrylate polymer - dimethylacryamide methyl methacrylate (DMAA-MA).