Autor según el artículo: Garciá De Abajo FJ; Hernández RJ; Kaminer I; Meyerhans A; Rosell-Llompart J; Sanchez-Elsner T

Departamento: Enginyeria Química

Autor/es de la URV: Rosell Llompart, Joan

Palabras clave: Ventilation Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation Performance Light Inactivation Hexagonal boron-nitride Droplets Coronaviruses Air disinfection Aerosol

Resumen: © 2020 American Chemical Society. We advocate the widespread use of UV-C light as a short-term, easily deployable, and affordable way to limit virus spread in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Radical social distancing with the associated shutdown of schools, restaurants, sport clubs, workplaces, and traveling has been shown to be effective in reducing virus spread, but its economic and social costs are unsustainable in the medium term. Simple measures like frequent handwashing, facial masks, and other physical barriers are being commonly adopted to prevent virus transmission. However, their efficacy may be limited, particularly in shared indoor spaces, where, in addition to airborne transmission, elements with small surface areas such as elevator buttons, door handles, and handrails are frequently used and can also mediate transmission. We argue that additional measures are necessary to reduce virus transmission when people resume attending schools and jobs that require proximity or some degree of physical contact. Among the available alternatives, UV-C light satisfies the requirements of rapid, widespread, and economically viable deployment. Its implementation is only limited by current production capacities, an increase of which requires swift intervention by industry and authorities.

Áreas temáticas: Química Physics and astronomy (miscellaneous) Physics and astronomy (all) Odontología Nanoscience and nanotechnology Nanoscience & nanotechnology Medicina i Materials science, multidisciplinary Materials science (miscellaneous) Materials science (all) Materiais Interdisciplinar General physics and astronomy General materials science General engineering Farmacia Engineering (miscellaneous) Engineering (all) Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Chemistry, physical Chemistry, multidisciplinary Biotecnología Astronomia / física

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1936-0851

Direcció de correo del autor: joan.rosell@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-5288-9150

Página final: 7713

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-19

Volumen de revista: 14

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c04596

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Acs Nano. 14 (7): 7704-7713

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Garciá De Abajo FJ; Hernández RJ; Kaminer I; Meyerhans A; Rosell-Llompart J; Sanchez-Elsner T (2020). Back to Normal: An Old Physics Route to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Indoor Spaces. Acs Nano, 14(7), 7704-7713. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04596

DOI del artículo: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04596

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2020

Página inicial: 7704

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications