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New UV light sterilizer technology could rapidly disinfect surfaces, indoor air

Azo Optics, May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020

New UV light sterilizer technology could rapidly disinfect surfaces, indoor air

Led by physicist Chris Barty of the University of California, Irvine (UCI), a research team has been investigating the use of diodes from Blu-ray digital video disk devices as sources for deep-ultraviolet (UV) laser photons to quickly disinfect not just surfaces but also the indoor air around people.