Recent developments in deep-ultraviolet sterilization of human respiratory RNA viruses

Tingzhu Wu; Shouqiang Lai; Zhong Chen; Hao-Chung Kuo

doi:10.29026/oea.2023.230154

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Wu TZ, Lai SQ, Chen Z, Kuo HC. Recent developments in deep-ultraviolet sterilization of human respiratory RNA viruses. Opto-Electron Adv 6, 230154 (2023). doi: 10.29026/oea.2023.230154

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Wu TZ, Lai SQ, Chen Z, Kuo HC. Recent developments in deep-ultraviolet sterilization of human respiratory RNA viruses. Opto-Electron Adv 6, 230154 (2023). doi: 10.29026/oea.2023.230154

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Recent developments in deep-ultraviolet sterilization of human respiratory RNA viruses

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National Integrated Circuit Industry and Education Integration Innovation Platform, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361005, China
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College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, China
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Semiconductor Research Center, Hon Hai Research Institute, Taipei 11492, China

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^†These authors contributed equally to this work
Corresponding author: HC Kuo, E-mail: hckuo@faculty.nctu.edu.tw

Received Date 26 August 2023

Accepted Date 28 August 2023

Published Date 27 September 2023

Abstract

Abstract

Deep-ultraviolet (DUV) sterilization technology using DUV-LEDs has attracted considerable attention owing to its portability, eco-friendliness, high potency, and broad-spectrum sterilization. This study compiles the developments of recent DUV sterilization research. Recent works have investigated DUV sterilization from the perspective of device improvement and principle investigation: one employed a novel epitaxial structure to optimize the performance and fabrication cost of DUV-LEDs and realized potent virus disinfection effects for various respiratory RNA viruses, and another work explained the disinfection phenomenon of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants (Delta and Omicron) in a cryogenic environment. These studies have contributed significantly to the development of DUV sterilization.

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