With more than 20 different antimicrobial options available, Sureshield has more options to provide built-in antimicrobial protection. Different antimicrobials are designed to work in different applications. In some cases, Sureshield may combine the use of more than one antimicrobial in the same application. Following is a list of some common antimicrobial types and how they work:

Silver

Silver reacts with proteins, which are integral components of almost all cellular structures and functions; can therefore cause loss of cell wall and membrane integrity, block cellular metabolic processes and inhibit cell replication.

Thiabendazole

Thiabendazole causes morphological distortion of germinating spores and upsets cell division by inhibiting ß-tubulin assembly during mitosis; interferes with cell division and replication.

Zinc pyrithione

Zinc pyrithione depolarizes membrane electropotential in fungi and inhibits fungal and bacterial substrate transport processes; interferes with cell membrane.

Isothiazolinone

Isothiazolinone provides broad spectrum action by interacting with and oxidizing accessible cellular thiols (C-SH).

Folpet

Folpet inhibits normal cell division of a broad spectrum of microorganisms.

Permethrin

Permethrin modifies the function of the microbe's nervous system by affecting the sodium channels in the cellular membrane.

Quaternary silane

Quaternary silane utilizes an electro-mechanical method to pierce the membrane of the microorganism and then electrically neutralize it.