Employing ultraviolet-C light emitting diodes for water, leaf, and surface disinfection

Funding Information: This work was supported by iBET Xplore LigthUp project - Xplore light emitting diodes and effective photocatalytic films for food disinfection and safety. This work was also funded by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia/Minist\u00E9rio da Ci\u00EAncia, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (FCT/MCTES, Portugal) through the SafeFood project ( 2022.01340.PTDC ), the R&D Units \u201CGREEN-IT - Bioresources for Sustainability\u201D ( UIDB/04551/2020 , DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/04551/2020 and UIDP/04551/2020 , DOI: 10.54499/UIDP/04551/2020 ) and iNOVA4Health ( UIDB/04462/2020 and UIDP/04462/2020 ) as well as the LS4FUTURE Associated Laboratory ( LA/P/0087/2020 , DOI: 10.54499/LA/P/0087/2020 ). Vanessa Jorge Pereira thanks Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment Grant CEECIND/02919/2018 . Funding Information: We thank Professor Paula Teixeira from Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Cat\u00F3lica Portuguesa for providing the bacterial strains used in this study. This work was supported by iBET Xplore LigthUp project - Xplore light emitting diodes and effective photocatalytic films for food disinfection and safety. This work was also funded by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia/Minist\u00E9rio da Ci\u00EAncia, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (FCT/MCTES, Portugal) through the SafeFood project (2022.01340.PTDC), the R&D Units \u201CGREEN-IT - Bioresources for Sustainability\u201D (UIDB/04551/2020, DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/04551/2020 and UIDP/04551/2020, DOI: 10.54499/UIDP/04551/2020) and iNOVA4Health (UIDB/04462/2020 and UIDP/04462/2020) as well as the LS4FUTURE Associated Laboratory (LA/P/0087/2020, DOI: 10.54499/LA/P/0087/2020). Vanessa Jorge Pereira thanks Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia for the Stimulus of Scientific Employment Grant CEECIND/02919/2018. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors