Research project

Rapid Decontamination System of PPE and Medical Equipment for Reuse using Flexible Non-thermal Plasma Generator

Research groups:

Microbiology

Astronautics Group
Lead researcher:

Dr Minkwan Kim
Other researchers:

Professor Charles Keevil,

Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Minkwan Kim

Associate Professor

Email: m.k.kim@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Email: c.w.keevil@soton.ac.uk

Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani

Professor of Experimental Fluid Mechani

Email: g.bharath@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC)

NBIC is the central hub where academia, industry, government and public policy come together to tackle the grand challenges biofilms present, impacting $4 trillion in global economic activity.

Astronautics Group

Our published research activities have made a substantial contribution to advancing the field; and hardware developed by members has successfully flown on various space missions, including on the International Space Station.

Microbiology

We work on topics like patient treatment regimens, catheter design and management, and surgical instrument decontamination.

Research outputs

Development of a rapid plasma decontamination system for decontamination and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators

Minkwan Kim,

John Lawson,

Rodolphe Herve,

Henrike Jakob,

Bharathram Ganapathisubramani,

& Charles Keevil

, 2021 , AIP Advances , 11 (10)

DOI: 10.1063/5.0067730

Type: article