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In this work, computational chemistry methods were used to study a silicon nanotube (Si 192 H 16 ) as possible virucidal activity against SARS-CoV-2. This virus is responsible for the COVID-19 disease. DFT calculations showed that the structural parameters of the Si 192 H 16  nanotube are in agreement with the theoretical/experimental parameters reported in the literature. The low energy gap value (0.29 eV) shows that this nanotube is a semiconductor and exhibits high reactivity. For nanomaterials to be used as virucides, they need to have high reactivity and high inhibition constant values. Therefore, the adsorption of  3 O 2  and H 2 O on the surface of Si 192 H 16  (Si 192 H 16 @O 2 -H 2 O) was performed. In this process, the formation and activation energies were −51.63 and 16.62 kcal/mol, respectively. Molecular docking calculations showed that the Si 192 H 16  and Si 192 H 16 @O 2 H-OH nanotubes bind favorably on the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with binding energy of −11.83 (Ki = 2.13 nM) and −11.13 (Ki = 6.99 nM) kcal/mol, respectively. Overall, the results obtained herein indicate that the Si 192 H 16  nanotube is a potential candidate to be used against COVID-19 from reactivity process and/or steric impediment in the S-protein. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

Single-walled silicon nanotube as an exceptional candidate to eliminate SARS-CoV-2: a theoretical study