Ua hoʻohana kekahi UCF alum a me kekahi mau mea noiʻi i ka nanotechnology e hoʻomohala i kēia mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, hiki ke pale aku i nā maʻi ʻehiku a hiki i 7 lā.
Ua hoʻomohala nā mea noiʻi UCF i kahi disinfectant e pili ana i ka nanoparticle e hiki ke hoʻomau i ka pepehi ʻana i nā maʻi ma luna o ka ʻili a hiki i 7 mau lā - hiki ke lilo kēia ʻike i mea kaua ikaika e kūʻē iā COVID-19 a me nā maʻi maʻi pathogenic e kū mai ana.
Ua paʻi ʻia ka noiʻi i kēia pule ma ka puke pai ʻo ACS Nano o ka American Chemical Society e kahi hui multidisciplinary o nā virus a me nā loea loea mai ke kulanui a me ke poʻo o kahi hui ʻenehana ma Orlando.
ʻO Christina Drake '07PhD, ka mea hoʻokumu o Kismet Technologies, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e kahi huakaʻi i ka hale kūʻai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi a hoʻomohala i kahi disinfectant. Ma laila, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi limahana e pīpī ana i ka disinfectant ma luna o ka pahu friji a laila holoi koke i ka ʻehu.
"I ka wā mua, ʻo koʻu manaʻo e hoʻomohala i kahi disinfectant wikiwiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "akā ua kamaʻilio mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e like me nā kauka a me nā niho niho e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea disinfectant a lākou e makemake ai. ʻO ka mea nui loa iā lākou he mea mau loa ia, e hoʻomau i ka disinfect i nā wahi pili kiʻekiʻe e like me nā lima o ka puka a me ka papahele no ka manawa lōʻihi ma hope o ka noi.
Hana pū ʻo Drake me Sudipta Seal, he mea ʻenekinia mea UCF a me ka loea nanoscience, a me Griff Parks, he virologist, hoa noiʻi dean o ke Kula Lapaʻau, a he dean o ke kula Burnett o Biomedical Science. Me ke kālā mai ka National Science Foundation, Kismet Tech, a me ka Florida High-Tech Corridor, ua hana nā mea noiʻi i kahi disinfectant nanoparticle engineered.
ʻO kāna mea hana he nanostructure engineered i kapa ʻia ʻo cerium oxide, i ʻike ʻia no kāna mau waiwai antioxidant regenerative. Hoʻololi ʻia nā nanoparticles Cerium oxide me kahi kālā liʻiliʻi i mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pathogens.
"Ke hana nei ia ma ka kemika a me ka mīkini," wahi a Seal, ka mea i aʻo i ka nanotechnology no nā makahiki he 20. "Hoʻopuka nā nanoparticles i nā electrons e hoʻoneʻe i ka maʻi a hana ʻole ia. ʻO ka mīkini, hoʻopili pū lākou iā lākou iho i ka maʻi maʻi a uhaʻi i ka ʻili, e like me ka haki ʻana i ka baluna.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā holoi disinfectant a i ʻole nā ʻōpala e disinfect i ka ʻili i loko o ʻekolu a ʻeono mau minuke ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe hopena i koe. ʻO ia ke kumu e holoi pinepine ʻia ka ʻili i ka maʻemaʻe e pale aku i ka maʻi me nā maʻi he nui e like me COVID-19. Mālama ka nanoparticle formulation i kona hiki ke hoʻopau i nā microorganism a hoʻomau i ka disinfect i ka ʻili a hiki i 7 mau lā ma hope o kahi noi hoʻokahi.
"Ke hōʻike nei kēia disinfectant i ka hana antiviral maikaʻi e kūʻē i ʻehiku mau maʻi ʻokoʻa," wahi a Parks, nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ke kūʻē ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo i ka maʻi "papapalapala". "ʻAʻole ia e hōʻike wale i nā waiwai antiviral e kūʻē i nā coronaviruses a me nā rhinoviruses, akā hōʻike pū nō hoʻi i ka maikaʻi e kūʻē i nā ʻano maʻi ʻē aʻe me nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā paʻakikī. Manaʻo mākou me kēia mana kupaianaha e pepehi, e lilo kēia disinfectant i mea hana pono e kūʻē i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe.
Manaʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema he hopena koʻikoʻi kēia hopena i ke kaiapuni mālama olakino, ʻoi aku ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi i loaʻa i ka haukapila, e like me ka methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa a me Clostridium difficile—— Hoʻopilikia lākou ma mua o hoʻokahi ma 30 nā maʻi i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā haukapila ʻAmelika.
ʻAʻole like me nā disinfectants pāʻoihana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēia ʻano nā mea kemika pōʻino, e hōʻike ana he palekana ia e hoʻohana ma luna o kekahi ʻili. E like me nā koi o ka US Environmental Protection Agency, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā hoʻokolohua hoʻoponopono i ka ʻili a me ka huhū o ka maka.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o nā disinfectants o ka hale i loaʻa i kēia manawa i nā kemika i hōʻino i ke kino ma hope o ka hoʻolaha pinepine ʻana," wahi a Drake. "ʻO kā mākou mau huahana nanoparticle e loaʻa i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka palekana, kahi e hana nui ai i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻike kanaka āpau i nā kemika."
Pono ka noiʻi hou aʻe ma mua o ke komo ʻana o nā huahana i ka mākeke, ʻo ia ke kumu e nānā ai ka pae aʻe o ka noiʻi i ka hana o nā disinfectants i nā noi kūpono ma waho o ka hale hana. E aʻo ana kēia hana i ka hopena o nā disinfectants e nā mea o waho e like me ka mahana a i ʻole ka lā. Ke kamaʻilio nei ka hui me ka pūnaewele haukapila kūloko e hoʻāʻo i ka huahana i kā lākou mau hale.
"Ke ʻimi nei nō hoʻi mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni semi-permanent e ʻike inā hiki iā mākou ke uhi a hoʻopaʻa i nā papahele o ka haukapila a i ʻole nā pani puka, nā wahi e pono ai ke disinfected, a i ʻole nā wahi o ka pilina paʻa a hoʻomau," wahi a Drake.
Ua komo ʻo Seal i ke Keʻena ʻepekema a me ʻenekinia o UCF i ka makahiki 1997, he ʻāpana ia o ke kula ʻo UCF o ka ʻenekinia a me ka ʻepekema kamepiula. Prosthesis. ʻO ia ka luna mua o ka UCF Nano Science and Technology Center a Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi PhD i ka ʻenekinia waiwai mai ke Kulanui o Wisconsin, me kahi keiki liʻiliʻi i ka biochemistry, a he mea noiʻi postdoctoral ma Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Berkeley.
Ma hope o kāna hana ʻana ma ke kula ʻo Wake Forest School of Medicine no 20 mau makahiki, ua hele ʻo Parkes i UCF ma 2014, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he polopeka a me ke poʻo o ke Keʻena ʻo Microbiology a me Immunology. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi Ph.D. i ka biochemistry mai ke Kulanui o Wisconsin a he mea noiʻi ia o ka American Cancer Society ma Northwestern University.
Ua kākau pū ʻia ke aʻo ʻana e Candace Fox, kahi mea noiʻi postdoctoral ma ke kula o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me Craig Neal mai ke kula ʻenehana a me ka ʻepekema kamepiula. ʻO Tamil Sakthivel, ʻo Udit Kumar, a me Yifei Fu, nā haumāna puka kula o ke Kula ʻEnekinia a me Computer Science, he mau mea kākau pū kekahi.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-04-2021