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ArticleEnvironmental science. Nano

A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures.

Georgios Pyrgiotakis, James McDevitt, Andre Bordini, Edgar Diaz, Ramon Molina, Christa Watson, Glen Deloid, Steve Lenard, Natalie Fix, Yosuke Mizuyama and 3 more

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Article in Environmental science. Nano. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Mechanisms underlying inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by nano-sized electrostatic atomized water particles.Journal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology · 2022
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  19. Mycobacteria inactivation using Engineered Water Nanostructures (EWNS).Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Georgios PyrgiotakisCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
James McDevittCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Andre BordiniCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Edgar DiazCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Ramon MolinaCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Christa WatsonCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Glen DeloidCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Steve LenardNational Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Natalie FixNational Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Yosuke MizuyamaCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Toshiyuki YamauchiPanasonic Corporation, Osaka, 571-8686, Japan.
Joseph BrainCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Philip DemokritouCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

Funding

Training Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological SciencesT32HL007118 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LU, QUAN · 1985 to 2025
$14.3M
Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airborne pathogens are associated with the spread of infectious diseases and increased morbidity and mortality. Herein we present an emerging chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne pathogen inactivation. This technique is based on transforming atmospheric water vapor into Engineered Water Nano-Structures (EWNS)

Identifiers

PMID26180637
PMCPMC4500755

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