There's a huge number of companies already in this space - the biggest problem is actually showing that they work, rather than just being somewhat nifty materia

There's a huge number of companies already in this space - the biggest problem is actually showing that they work, rather than just being somewhat nifty materials that work in a lab. For example, a recent RCT showed that antibacterial-impregnanted scrubs were relatively ineffective in hospitals: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/antimicrobial-scrub-contamination-and-transmission-ascot-trial-a-threearm-blinded-randomized-controlled-trial-with-crossover-design-to-determine-the-efficacy-of-antimicrobialimpregnated-scrubs-in-preventing-healthcare-provider-contamination/CC3DAA1132619E835EC2BABA9F0C7686 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-an...