ABSTRACT
The demand to develop new techniques to detect, treat, mitigate, and eradicate viral infections using alternate technologies has gained momentum following the COVID-19 outbreak (Weiss et al., 2020). This has spurred research on the development of nanoparticles with antiviral potential to inhibit the viral activity. Nanoparticles with exceptional physicochemical properties that were identified as excellent agents for various biological applications are now being researched for their antiviral potential. The results indicated their efficiency to be used as drug carriers, viral inhibitors etc. In this chapter we highlight the antiviral properties exhibited by engineered nanoparticles against different viruses. Focus is given to the antiviral potential of carbon nanoparticles, metallic nanoparticles, polymer nanoparticles etc., and their mechanisms of action are also briefly discussed.
