Publications by authors named "Kathryn A Hufziger"

Glasses with high antimicrobial efficacy were developed in the FeO-CuO-PO ternary system to mitigate fomite-mediated transmission of infectious diseases in high-risk settings such as hospitals, daycares, and nursing homes. Binary CuO-PO glasses were not durable enough for use as high touch point articles, so FeO was added to the compositions to increase the chemical durability. The amount of Cu leachate decreased by at least 3 orders of magnitude when FeO was increased from 0 to 13.

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The current state-of-the-art in bacteriophage (phage) immobilization onto magnetic particles is limited to techniques that are less expensive and/or facile but nonspecific or those that are more expensive and/or complicated but ensure capsid-down orientation of the phages, as necessary to preserve infectivity and performance in subsequent applications (e.g., therapeutics, detection).

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