A5003250096- Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Melamine detection and toxicity
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
National Institute of Biology
2019-2025
Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
2020-2021
While one of the biggest problems we are facing today is water scarcity, enormous quantities still being used in irrigation. If contaminated, this can act as an effective pathway for spread disease-causing agents, like viruses. Here, present a novel, environmentally friendly method known cold atmospheric plasma inactivation viruses closed irrigation systems. We measured plasma-mediated viral RNA degradation well plasma-induced loss infectivity using potato virus Y model due to its confirmed...
Water scarcity is one of the greatest threats for human survival and quality life, this increasingly contributing to risk human, animal plant infections due waterborne viruses. Viruses are transmitted through polluted water, where they can survive cause even at low concentrations. Plant viruses from genus Tobamovirus highly mechanically transmissible, considerable damage important crops, such as tomato. The release infective tobamoviruses into environmental waters has been reported, with...
Low-temperature (cold) gaseous plasma is a promising alternative for water treatment owing to its mild operating conditions, low environmental impact, and demonstrated effectiveness at degrading all types of organic molecules. It being extensively researched as novel tool purposes, although it still restricted laboratory scale since disinfection mechanisms operational parameters are numerous inadequately understood. Different setups approaches disinfecting liquids reviewed critically...
Water scarcity, one of the most pressing challenges we face today, has developed for many reasons, including increasing number waterborne pollutants that affect safety water environment. Waterborne human, animal and plant viruses represent huge health, environmental, financial burden thus it is important to efficiently inactivate them. Therefore, main objective this study was construct a unique device combining plasma with supercavitation evaluate its efficiency decontamination emphasis on...
Waterborne plant viruses can destroy entire crops, leading not only to high financial losses but also food shortages. Potato virus Y (PVY) is the most important potato viral pathogen that affect other valuable crops. Recently, it has been confirmed this capable of infecting host plants via water, emphasizing relevance using proper strategies treat recycled water in order prevent spread infectious agents. Emerging environmentally friendly methods such as hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) provide a...
The COVID -19 pandemic reminded us that we need better contingency plans to prevent the spread of infectious agents and occurrence epidemics or pandemics. Although transmissibility SARS-CoV-2 in water has not been confirmed, there are studies have reported on presence coronaviruses wastewater samples. Since standard treatments designed eliminate viruses, it is utmost importance explore advanced treatment processes can improve help inactivate viruses when needed. This first study investigate...
Innovative technological solutions are needed for water decontamination to combat the diverse pollutants present in systems, as no single optimal technique is appropriate all circumstances. Vacuum-ultraviolet (V-UV) radiation a source of energetic photons that break molecular bonds, producing plethora chemically reactive agents, most notably OH● radicals, which can cause degradation harmful pollutants. Low-pressure gaseous plasma good V-UV radiation; however, its application liquid poses...
The outbreak of the worrisome coronavirus disease in 2019 has caused great concern among global public, especially regarding need for personal protective equipment with applied antiviral agents to reduce spread and transmission virus. Thus, our research, chitosan-based bioactive polymers as potential were first evaluated colloidal macromolecular solutions by elemental analysis charge. Three different types low high molecular weight chitosan (LMW Ch, HMW Ch) a LMW Ch derivative, i.e.,...
The outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted importance developing antiviral surface coatings that are capable repelling pathogens and neutralizing them through self-sanitizing properties. In this study, a novel coating design based on few-layer graphene (FLG) is proposed silver-decorated micro copper flakes (CuMF) exhibit both antibacterial role sacrificial anode surfaces intrinsic defects in enhancing release metal ions from CuMF embedded water-based...
Face coverings, such as surgical masks and respirators, have an important role in preventing bacterial viral transmission, especially during a global pandemic like COVID-19. Therefore, to secure their availability, new manufacturers the use of novel materials must be encouraged. However, first properly tested for safety efficiency, required by relevant standard, valid specific region. All standards prescribe determination filtration efficiency (BFE) masks. In this study, we report...
Water disinfection is a critical treatment step for removing harmful organisms from contaminated water sources. Vacuum ultra-violet (V-UV) radiation, generated by low-pressure gaseous plasma discharge, consists of photons with high enough energy to break molecular bonds. In this work, we constructed and characterized capacitively coupled used it as V-UV radiation source inactivate MS2 bacteriophage, surrogate human enteric viruses. The system allows variation gas composition inside the...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many new materials and masks came onto market. To determine their suitability, several standards specify which properties to test, including bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE), while none describe how viral (VFE), property that is particularly important in times pandemic. Therefore, we focused our research on evaluating suitability different systems for determining VFE. Here, evaluated VFE 6 mask types (e.g., surgical mask, respirator, material...
Abstract As a result of the pandemic COVID -19 many new materials and masks came on market. To determine their suitability, several standards specify which properties to test, including bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE), while none describe how viral (VFE), property that is particularly important in times pandemic. Therefore, we focused our research evaluating suitability different systems for determining VFE. Here, evaluated VFE 6 mask types (e.g., surgical mask, respirator, material...
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Abstract As a result of the pandemic COVID -19 many new materials and masks came on market. To determine their suitability, several standards specify which properties to test, including bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE), while none describe how viral (VFE), property that is particularly important in times pandemic. Therefore, we focused our research evaluating suitability different systems for determining VFE. Here, evaluated VFE 6 mask types (e.g., surgical mask, respirator, material...
In the midst of global water crisis, irrigation is still largest contributor to consumption. One contingency measures cope with this burden reuse wastewater or implementation closed systems that recycle water. These solutions have a positive effect on use, but can also facilitate spread various plant pathogens, including viruses. Plant viruses destroy entire crops, leading not only high financial losses food shortages. Potato virus Y (PVY) most important potato viral pathogen affect other...