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The Zen way to fight COVID-19Ontario-based graphene company turns ore from an unusual graphite deposit into a coronavirus-killing coating for N95 facemasks

Ontario-based graphene company turns ore from an unusual graphite deposit into a coronavirus-killing coating for N95 facemasks

By Carolyn Gruske

February 11, 2021

Zen Graphene bulk sampled 110 tonnes of magmatic-sourced graphite from its Albany site in northern Ontario. Coutesy of Zen Graphene

Since its discovery in 2004, interest in graphene has waxed and waned, but as COVID-19 continues to plague the world, the team at Zen Graphene expects the nanotechnology to be put to use in combatting the virus.

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