Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma(CAP) which could act as a green decontaminant for Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n The Covid-19 pandemic had brought forth the urgent need for decontaminants that can limit the spread of infectious diseases through contact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, most decontaminants consist of chemicals that are hazardous to the environment. This encouraged researchers to work towards greener alternatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma(CAP).<\/span><\/p>\n This disinfectant has the potential to deactivate SARS-CoV-2 spike protein which binds to human ACE2 receptors for inducing viral infection and subsequent Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n Note<\/b>: Plasma, the fourth state of matter which makes up most of the universe when produced in controlled conditions in the lab is termed as Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma(CAP).<\/span><\/p>\n Firstly,<\/b> this method is a better alternative to environmentally hazardous chemical-based decontamination methods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Secondly<\/b>, the CAP is environmentally safe since, during the entire decontamination process by plasma treatment, no chemical waste is produced.<\/span><\/p>\n Source:\u00a0 <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Plasma-based green disinfectants can limit spread of infectious diseases like COVID 19<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB <\/b>on<\/span> 19th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma(CAP) which could act as a green decontaminant for Covid-19. Background The Covid-19 pandemic had brought forth the urgent need for decontaminants that can limit the spread of infectious diseases through contact.\u00a0 However, most decontaminants consist of… Continue reading Plasma-based green disinfectants can limit spread of infectious diseases like COVID 19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-180333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704806748},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Background<\/b><\/h5>\n
What have the researchers developed?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What is the significance of this method developed?<\/b><\/h5>\n