ORGANOSILANE QUATERNARY AMINE
BioShield® 75 is a stable aqueous solution of a patented technology, which produces a durable microbiostatic coating on a broad range of textiles and many other surfaces.

The chemistry of this molecule is unique. A conventional quaternary ammonium salt (organo) is chemically spliced to a silane molecule, resulting in a highly active molecule (3-trimethoxsilylpropyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride) that has both tenacious bonding capabilities as well as excellent antimicrobial properties. Once applied to a target surface, it initially bonds to the surface on a all available receptor sites (principally H+).

Afterward, stable bonds between remaining OH- sites on the molecule and the positive charge on the nitrogen atoms (N+) form, resulting in the creation of a large co-polymer involving the target and the molecule. Since there is no unfixed organosilane once the water evaporates, there is no dislodgeable residue and no odor, leaching, off-gassing, migration or diffusion of the molecule.

All other conventional legal antimicrobials including: quats, bleach, peroxides, phenols, triclosan, formaldehydes, paint formulations, etc., work on the basis of diffusion away from the treated surface. This promotes microbial adaptation, loss of effectiveness and leaching of poisons into the environment.