紫外线消毒可以防止病毒传播

Michael Shur, an endowed chair professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has conceived of a plan to disinfect high-traffic surfaces using deep紫外光线来自LED。

他正在开发的设备将包括一个可覆盖的实心护罩，例如，用于在医生办公室检查的平板电脑。盾牌将保持关闭，而深紫外线则安装在盾牌内部，并消毒了平板电脑。一种新型的复杂荧光传感器proposed by Shur would assess the degree of contamination while the collected data would be processed using an artificial intelligence algorithm.

安装在盾牌外部的传感器将表明有人准备好使用表面，促使缓冲区打开，LED关闭，并访问一次disinfection完成了。

安装在盾牌外部的传感器将表明有人准备好使用表面，促使缓冲区打开，LED关闭，并在消毒完成后将其访问到平板电脑上。

而引起的病毒新冠肺炎is primarily spread from person to person, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, transmission may also be possible if a person touches a surface where the virus is present and then touches their mouth, nose, or eyes. Plenty of other viruses and bacteria are known to spread on surfaces, Shur said, which could make this solution useful beyond the pandemic.

Shur imagines a future where essential institutions, like government buildings or hospitals, may implement such a tool that could disinfect common surfaces, preventing the spread of a range of diseases. “Of course, it’s for health professionals to decide, but I think that modern medicine has to be augmented by effective sterilization,” Shur said. “It’s a very modest expense that will save lives and, as we learn more, these things could be improved, become more reliable, cheaper, and more acceptable.”

Shur在他的大部分职业生涯中一直在这一研究领域工作。他强调了与科学和专业知识进行灭菌工作的重要性，以保护人们免于有害辐射。他目前正在寻求赠款资金，以便他可以建立该设备的原型。舒尔说：“我认为我们作为工程师有责任以某种方式做出回应。”“有些想法可能会前进，有些想法可能不会。但是，如果我们尝试做某事，那很好。”