Companies: Particle Measuring Systems 

Typical virus inactivation methods include low pH treatment (e.g., below pH 4.5, below 4.0 or even below 3.8, heat treatment, treatment with surfactants and radiation (e.g., ultraviolet light exposure).

Air Filters/cleaners:  Ultravation (has an interesting set of products which uses activated carbon and UV to sanitize the air). 

Oxidation: is used in industry with the production of cleaning products. Substances which have the ability to oxidize other substances are known as oxidative or referred to as oxidizing agents, oxidizers and oxidants. Oxidants remove electrons from other substances. Thus oxidants are themeselves reduced. Examples of oxidants include H2O2, CrO3 and have high oxidation numbers. They are highly electronegative that can gain one or two extra electrons by oxidizing a substance. For more information on oxidation click here.

UV Products:  Xenex  (pulsed UV disinfection robots)  UVivatec (Bayer)

Biosurfactants: are naturally occurring amphiphiles that are being actively pursued as alternative to syntehtic surfactants in cleaning, personal care, and cosmetic products. On the basis of their ability to mobilize and disperse hydrocarbons, biosurfactants are also involved in the bioremediation of oil spills. (Tsianou, “Rhamnolipid Micellizaiton and Adsorption Properites” Int J Mol Sci, 2022). 

–Rhamnolipids: are LMW glycolipid biosurfactants that consist of a mono or di-rhamnose head group and a hydrocarbon fatty acid chain.