International journal of environmental research and public health
Feb 28, 2023
Improving the cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces is one of the core components of reducing healthcare-associated infections. The effectiveness of an enhanced protocol applying UV-C irradiation for terminal room disinfection between two ...
Shape memory polymers have great potential in the fields of soft robotics, injectable medical devices, and as essential materials for advanced electronic devices. Herein, light-triggered shape-memory thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is reported using...
Biomedical physics & engineering express
Aug 10, 2022
New technologies, including robots comprising germ-killing UV lamps, are increasingly being used to decontaminate hospitals and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other superbugs. Existing approaches for modelling the irradiance field surrounding mob...
American journal of infection control
Jan 20, 2022
BACKGROUND: Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) technologies have emerged as a promising adjunct to manual cleaning, however, their potential to shorten cleaning times remains unexplored.
Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials can directly convert external mechanical stimulation into light without the need for excitation from other forms of energy, such as light or electricity. This alluring characteristic makes ML materials potentially ap...
Ultraviolet (UV)-curable thermoset shape memory polymers (TSMPs) with high recovery stress but mild glass transition temperature () are highly desired for 3D/4D printing lightweight load-bearing structures and devices. However, a bottleneck is that h...
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
May 29, 2021
BACKGROUND: Environmental surface decontamination is a crucial tool to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals. However, manual cleaning and disinfection may be insufficient to eliminate pathogens from contaminated surfaces. Ultraviolet-C (UV-C...
International journal of molecular sciences
Mar 17, 2021
Both protease- and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated proteolysis are thought to be key effectors of tissue remodeling. We have previously shown that comparison of amino acid composition can predict the differential susceptibilities of proteins t...
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Mar 9, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of using an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) robot for the terminal decontamination of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient rooms.
Exposure to appropriate doses of UV radiation provides enormously health and medical treatment benefits including psoriasis. Typical hospital-based phototherapy cabinets contain a bunch of artificial lamps, either broad-band (main emission spectrum 2...
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