Research on this breakthrough technology, which would allow games to disinfect on their own, has been carried out since 2018 with the participation of scientists from the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology.
For the first time in history of the board games development, printing has combined forces with nanotechnology to develop a product that ensures both efficiency and safety. This is how the nano-composite varnish with biocidal characteristics for coating the surface of games has been developed.
The varnish contains silver and copper nano-particles, the disinfecting properties of which are supported and reinforced by embedding them in the nanoceramics.
This solution makes the varnish stand out among other solutions available so far by a number of advantages. First of all, its performance is durable and stable, as the varnish remains resistant to abrasion. Moreover, it is odourless and, most importantly, completely inert and safe for both the users and the environment!
The solution has been thoroughly tested, both in a laboratory – where dangerous strains of bacteria grown on an evaporating dish “tested” the efficiency of the varnish – and in natural conditions, where samples of cards and games were sent to, among others, day rooms and social assistance centres, where after intensive use they returned under the scientists’ microscopes. The study confirmed the efficiency of the Biocidal Coating varnish. It has been proven that it prevents the development of bacteria, viruses and fungi on the surfaces of games. The efficiency and innovation of this solution is confirmed by the patent obtained by Fabryka Kart.
The use of the Biocidal Coating technology described above is indicated by a special graphic symbol, which makes it easy to identify products which resist the micro-organism on their own.