Graphene Composites CEO Chen Discusses New Testing Success with Anti-COVID GC "Ink"

Graphene Composites CEO Chen Discusses New Testing Success with Anti-COVID GC "Ink"

Rhode Island native Sandy Chen appeared on GoLocal LIVE where he discussed the latest testing results for technology developed by his company Graphene Composites — and how it could impact the fight against coronavirus. 

According to Chen, a former investment banker, recent Independent Standard Organization (ISO) test results indicate that the company's "GC Ink" has a 99.8% virucidal efficacy against SARS CoV-2 over a two-hour span.

This particular ISO test is the internationally recognized standard for assessing virucidal efficacy on textiles including filters. The test results formally classify GC Ink as an antiviral agent. 

This new testing results come on top of successful results in research conducted in conjunction with Brown University. As GoLocal reported in February, GC had announced that independent testing conducted by Brown University showed its new technology to be 100% effective at neutralizing coronavirus and influenza viruses in under one minute.

Chen explained the technology — and how it was developed to stop the spread of coronavirus 

“What now seems to be the real risk is airborne [transmission] — when somebody’s breathing, someone who’s been infected is breathing coronavirus into the air, and it just passes through the classroom you’re in, or the building, or the theater — would we would like to do, what our filters could do, is trap and kill that coronavirus as it passes through [our] filter,” said Chen. 

Recently, the company announced it raised $2.5 from investors.