Dr. Keidar and the Industry-University Cooperative Research Program (IUCRC) Center for High Pressure Plasma Energy, Agriculture and Biomedical Technologies (PEAB), along with researchers from Drexel University and the University of Michigan, submitted a proposal to NSF to develop a plasma-based system for decontamination. In April, NSF awarded the team a Rapid Response Research grant (RAPID) to “develop a disinfection system based on cold adaptive atmospheric plasma (CA2P), in combination with rapid detection of the contamination on these surfaces.”
The proposed “brush” system that GW teams are developing is expected to be “very fast—you can just scan the surface one time and that’s it,” Dr. Keidar said.
Other teams within the IUCRC PEAB are working on airflow-based plasma decontamination systems, which can destroy airborne viral loads. These could be applicable in small, contained spaces like planes, trains and hospital ICU units.
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