Photocatalytic inactivation of diarrheal viruses by visible-light-catalytic titanium dioxide

• Main Authors: Xiaojie Sang, Tung Gia Phan, Shinichi Sugihara, Fumihiro Yagyu, Shoko Okitsu, Niwat Maneekarn, W. E G Müller, Hiroshi Ushijima
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=34548183283&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60890
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) that had been irradiated with visible light (VL) was demonstrated to inactivate rotavirus, astrovirus, and feline calicivirus (FCV). The virus titers were dramatically reduced after exposure for 24 hrs to the VL-catalytic TiO2. The addition of bovine serum albumin could prote...