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Efficient Structure Resonance Energy Transfer from Microwaves to Confined Acoustic Vibrations in Viruses.


ABSTRACT: Virus is known to resonate in the confined-acoustic dipolar mode with microwave of the same frequency. However this effect was not considered in previous virus-microwave interaction studies and microwave-based virus epidemic prevention. Here we show that this structure-resonant energy transfer effect from microwaves to virus can be efficient enough so that airborne virus was inactivated with reasonable microwave power density safe for the open public. We demonstrate this effect by measuring the residual viral infectivity of influenza A virus after illuminating microwaves with different frequencies and powers. We also established a theoretical model to estimate the microwaves power threshold for virus inactivation and good agreement with experiments was obtained. Such structure-resonant energy transfer induced inactivation is mainly through physically fracturing the virus structure, which was confirmed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. These results provide a pathway toward establishing a new epidemic prevention strategy in open public for airborne virus.

SUBMITTER: Yang SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673452 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficient Structure Resonance Energy Transfer from Microwaves to Confined Acoustic Vibrations in Viruses.

Yang Szu-Chi SC   Lin Huan-Chun HC   Liu Tzu-Ming TM   Lu Jen-Tang JT   Hung Wan-Ting WT   Huang Yu-Ru YR   Tsai Yi-Chun YC   Kao Chuan-Liang CL   Chen Shih-Yuan SY   Sun Chi-Kuang CK  

Scientific reports 20151209


Virus is known to resonate in the confined-acoustic dipolar mode with microwave of the same frequency. However this effect was not considered in previous virus-microwave interaction studies and microwave-based virus epidemic prevention. Here we show that this structure-resonant energy transfer effect from microwaves to virus can be efficient enough so that airborne virus was inactivated with reasonable microwave power density safe for the open public. We demonstrate this effect by measuring the  ...[more]

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