Engineering photonics solutions for COVID-19
Soler Aznar, Maria (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Scholtz, Alexis (University of Southern California. Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Zeto, Rene (University of Southern California. Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
Armani, Andrea M. (University of Southern California. Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)

Fecha:	2020
Resumen:	As the impact of COVID-19 on society became apparent, the engineering and scientific community recognized the need for innovative solutions. Two potential roadmaps emerged: Developing short-term solutions to address the immediate needs of the healthcare communities and developing mid/long-term solutions to eliminate the over-arching threat. However, in a truly global effort, researchers from all backgrounds came together in tackling this challenge. Short-term efforts have focused on re-purposing existing technologies and leveraging additive manufacturing techniques to address shortages in personal protective equipment and disinfection. More basic research efforts with mid-term and long-term impact have emphasized developing novel diagnostics and accelerating vaccines. As a foundational technology, photonics has contributed directly and indirectly to all efforts. This perspective will provide an overview of the critical role that the photonics field has played in efforts to combat the immediate COVID-19 pandemic as well as how the photonics community could anticipate contributing to future pandemics of this nature.
Ayudas:	European Commission 101003544 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2017-0706
Nota:	Altres ajuts: the ICN2 was funded by the CERCA programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Innovative solutions ; Long-term impacts ; Manufacturing techniques ; Novel diagnostics ; Personal protective equipment ; Research efforts ; Scientific community ; Short-term solutions
Publicado en:	APL Photonics, Vol. 5, issue 9 (Sep. 2020) , art 090901, ISSN 2378-0967

DOI: 10.1063/5.0021270
PMID: 33015361

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