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ArticleFood control2018

An integrated electrolysis - electrospray - ionization antimicrobial platform using Engineered Water Nanostructures (EWNS) for food safety applications.

Nachiket Vaze, Yi Jiang, Lucas Mena, Yipei Zhang, Dhimiter Bello, Stephen S Leonard, Anna M Morris, Mary Eleftheriadou, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Philip Demokritou

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Article in Food control, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nachiket VazeCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yi JiangCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Lucas MenaCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yipei ZhangCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Dhimiter BelloCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephen S LeonardPathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Anna M MorrisPathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Mary EleftheriadouCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Georgios PyrgiotakisCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Philip DemokritouCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Funding

Inactivation of ambient virues using Engineered Water NanostructuresR21AI119481 · NIAID · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI DEMOKRITOU, PHILIP · 2015 to 2016
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NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) synthesized utilizing electrospray and ionization of water, have been, recently, shown to be an effective, green, antimicrobial platform for surface and air disinfection, where reactive oxygen species (ROS), generated and encapsulated within the particles during synthesis, were found to be the main inactivation mechanism. Herein, the antimicrobial potency of the EWNS was further enhanced by integrating electrolysis, electrospray and ionization of de-ionized water in the EWNS synthesis process. Detailed physicochemical characterization of these enhanced EWNS (eEWNS) was performed using state-of-the-art analytical methods and has shown that, while both size and charge remain similar to the EWNS (mean diameter of 13 nm and charge of 13 electrons), they possess a three times higher ROS content. The increase of the ROS content as a result of the addition of the electrolysis step before electrospray and ionization led to an increased antimicrobial ability as verified by

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AntimicrobialBerriesEngineered Water NanostructuresFood SafetyNanotechnology

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PMID29332999
PMCPMC5764107

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