Cyber-Physical System for Selective Viral Inactivation via Adaptive Acoustic Resonance, Reinforcement Learning, and Ab Initio Quantum Modeling
This paper introduces an open-source, three-tier cyber-physical architecture designed to scale the non-chemical destruction of viruses (such as SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A) using high-frequency acoustic resonance. While empirical research has proven that gigahertz-frequency waves can fragment viral capsids in static laboratory settings, real-world deployment is severely bottlenecked by nanoscale fluid viscosity and rapid viral mutations. To bridge this gap, this design bypasses traditional biochemical approaches by integrating three cutting-edge technologies into a real-time, closed-loop system: Physical Edge Hardware: High-frequency thin-film piezoelectric transducers (AlN/$\text{LiNbO}_3$) embedded in fluidic channels. Localized Machine Learning: An embedded Reinforcement Learning (RL) loop that monitors acoustic impedance feedback ($S_{11}$ parameters) to dynamically optimize waveforms, amplitudes, and frequencies in microsecond intervals, overcoming viscous damping. Predictive Quantum Core: Cloud-linked Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) running ab initio many-body simulations to calculate structural rigidity matrices of viral capsids from first physical principles, predicting target resonant bands before empirical testing.
Authors
- Francis Procaccia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8880-275X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20404859
- Primary Topic
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
- Type
- preprint