Effective optical decontamination and manipulation of viruses and bacteria using meta-materials

Abstract

This report proposes a method of decontamination using meta materials consisting of microspheres and fiber optics structures with various geometries. The proposed method secures a substantial gain in the decontamination contact surface during the propagation of the liquid contaminated by viruses and bacteria through the space between the microspheres (or fiber optics) of metamaterials. The efficient decontamination using the surface of the evanescent zone of meta-materials opens a new perspective not only for the applicative character of these researches, but in the fundamental investigations as well.