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Prototype system to manufacture laser-structured antimicrobial surfaces
This video (YouTube Apel Laser) shows a prototype system for laser texturing surfaces in order to give them properties that will reduce the likelihood that pathogens can be transferred between people using such surfaces. This prototype was developed by the project partner Apel Laser whose role in the ‘STOP’ project is both to develop laser…
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Nine months in…
Time flies by, and it is now nine months since the ‘STOP’ project formally started on 1st September 2022. We are looking forward to our next face-to face working meeting to be hosted in June by the project partner FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas) on Crete. At this meeting, we will discuss…
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STOP at the 2023 Science Festival in Sofia
The STOP project has a stand at the science festival in Sofia (Bulgaria) which is currently taking place (11th – 14th May, 2023). Project members from the femtoscience group of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are explaining our aims with the aid of plasticine models of bacteria and of surface topography. This group uses lasers…
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STOP project explained in Estonian
The aims of the STOP project were recently explained in an Estonian radio interview with Prof. Angela Ivask and Prof. Andres Merits of the University of Tartu (a partner in the project). The interview, part of a series about research carried out at Estonia’s national university, can be replayed from this link . The University…