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Investigating possibilities and recent trends for the development of novel decontamination technologies

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Despite international prohibition of chemical warfare agents (CWAs), defined in Chemical Weapons Convention, recent events during military conflict in Syria and isolated events in Salisbury (UK) and Kuala Lumpur (Malesya) airport prove that these agents still pose a major threat for civil society. In parallel with the development of CWAs and systems for their dissemination, various materials and accompanying technologies for their neutralization and decontamination were developed. However, to this date, no universal decontamination agent and technology has been developed that meets all quality requirements. In this article, we briefly reviewed all commercially available decontamination products, discussed their effectiveness in various scenarios, and considered their potential comparative advantages and drawbacks. Along with this, we reviewed novel materials and technologies, from common oxidizing and hydrolysing chemicals to metal-organic frameworks and nanotechnologies that show potential for the industrial development.

Source: Scientific Technical Review

DOI: 10.5937/str2401003v

Authors: Maja Vitorović-Todorović, Tamara Vujatović-Velimirov

Institution: Military Technical Institute

Language: English

Topic: Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

Subfield: Toxicology

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja

Awards: G1817589753, G4363378217, G906347352