Novel non intrusive continuous use ZeBox technology to trap and kill airborne microbes.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 11 2021
23 11 2021
Historique:
received:
05
05
2021
accepted:
11
11
2021
entrez:
24
11
2021
pubmed:
25
11
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Preventing nosocomial infection is a major unmet need of our times. Existing air decontamination technologies suffer from demerits such as toxicity of exposure, species specificity, noxious gas emission, environment-dependent performance and high power consumption. Here, we present a novel technology called "ZeBox" that transcends the conventional limitations and achieves high microbicidal efficiency. In ZeBox, a non-ionizing electric field extracts naturally charged microbes from flowing air and deposits them on engineered microbicidal surfaces. The surface's three dimensional topography traps the microbes long enough for them to be inactivated. The electric field and chemical surfaces synergistically achieve rapid inactivation of a broad spectrum of microbes. ZeBox achieved near complete kill of airborne microbes in challenge tests (5-9 log reduction) and [Formula: see text] efficiency in a fully functional stem cell research facility in the presence of humans. Thus, ZeBox fulfills the dire need for a real-time, continuous, safe, trap-and-kill air decontamination technology.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34815494
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02184-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-021-02184-4
pmc: PMC8610990
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Infective Agents
0
Particulate Matter
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
22779Subventions
Organisme : Department of Biotechnology- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (DBT-BIRAC), Govt. of India
ID : BT/SBIRI1372/31/16
Organisme : COVID-19 Consortium
ID : BT/COVID0025/01/20
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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