Selective photonic disinfection : a ray of hope in the war against pathogens /

Pathogens such as viruses and bacteria are among the greatest threats to human health worldwide. In today's era of population growth and international travel, new technologies are desperately needed to combat the spread of known and emerging pathogens. This book presents a new concept for patho...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Tsen, Shaw-Wei D. (Autor), Tsen, Kong Thon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2016]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 2.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Pathogenic microorganisms.
Photochemotherapy.
Microbiological Phenomena.
Applied Optics.
Biomedical engineering.
Medical physics.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The birth of SEPHODIS
  • 1.2. Viruses and antiviral approaches
  • 1.3. Infection prevention : a strategy for victory
  • 1.4. The promise and potential of SEPHODIS
  • 2. Mechanism of SEPHODIS
  • 2.1. The impulsive stimulated Raman scattering process
  • 2.2. The effect of SEPHODIS and other physical disinfection methods on biological systems
  • 3. Pathogen inactivation using SEPHODIS
  • 3.1. The experimental system
  • 3.2. Inactivation of viruses
  • 3.3. Inactivation of bacteria, mycoplasma, and fungi
  • 4. Real-world applications of SEPHODIS
  • 4.1. Safeguarding the blood supply
  • 4.2. Sterilizing pharmaceuticals and biologicals
  • 4.3. Disinfection of cell cultures
  • 4.4. Producing inactivated vaccines
  • 5. Concluding remarks and future perspective
  • Appendix. The theory of Raman scattering by vibrations in molecule.

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