Nanotechnology as a novel approach in combating microbes providing an alternative to antibiotics

B Mubeen, AN Ansar, R Rasool, I Ullah, SS Imam… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emergence of infectious diseases promises to be one of the leading mortality factors in
the healthcare sector. Although several drugs are available on the market, newly found …

Application of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) for water disinfection: A review

K Song, M Mohseni, F Taghipour - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection is an effective technology for the inactivation of pathogens in
water and is of growing interest for industrial application. A new UV source—ultraviolet light …

Recent advances on the application of UV‐LED technology for microbial inactivation: Progress and mechanism

Y Kebbi, AI Muhammad, AS Sant'Ana… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional technologies for the inactivation of microorganisms in food products have their
limitations, especially changes in quality attributes that have led to quality deterioration, low …

“Nanoantibiotics”: a new paradigm for treating infectious diseases using nanomaterials in the antibiotics resistant era

AJ Huh, YJ Kwon - Journal of controlled release, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that we live in an era of advanced and innovative technologies for
elucidating underlying mechanisms of diseases and molecularly designing new drugs …

[HTML][HTML] A review on LED technology in water photodisinfection

M Martín-Sómer, C Pablos, C Adán… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in efficiency achieved by UV LED devices has led to a compelling increase in
research reports on UV LED water treatment for consumption in the past few years. This …

Mechanisms investigation on bacterial inactivation through combinations of UV wavelengths

K Song, M Mohseni, F Taghipour - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) have emerged as a new UV source,
bringing flexibility for various UV wavelength combinations due to their unique feature of …

Microorganisms inactivation by wavelength combinations of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs)

K Song, F Taghipour, M Mohseni - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED) is an emerging UV source with many special
features due to the nature of semiconductor devices. One such feature is wavelength …

Evaluation of disinfection efficacy of single UV-C, and UV-A followed by UV-C LED irradiation on Escherichia coli, B. spizizenii and MS2 bacteriophage, in water

PO Nyangaresi, T Rathnayake, SE Beck - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) have shown ability to inactivate microorganisms
and viruses in water. The unique characteristic of the UV-LEDs' diversity in wavelengths …

Effect of coupled UV-A and UV-C LEDs on both microbiological and chemical pollution of urban wastewaters

AC Chevremont, AM Farnet, B Coulomb… - Science of the Total …, 2012 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse for irrigation is an interesting alternative for many Mediterranean
countries suffering from water shortages. The development of new technologies for water …

Photocatalytic bactericidal effect of TiO2 on Enterobacter cloacae: Comparative study with other Gram (−) bacteria

JA Ibáñez, MI Litter, RA Pizarro - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2003 - Elsevier
The bactericidal action of heterogeneous photocatalysis (UV-A/TiO2) has been tested on
Enterobacter cloacae, a microorganism very resistant to UV-A irradiation. Results have been …