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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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First peer reviewed publication from the STOP project
Two project members from the project partner INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS of the BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES have published some of the first results from the project in a paper titled Design of Surfaces with Persistent Antimicrobial Properties on Stainless Steel Developed Using Femtosecond Laser Texturing for Application in “High Traffic” Objects. This open access publication…
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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 meeting June 2023 to be hosted by FORTH(Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas)
The next meeting of the project ‘Surface Transfer of Pathogens’ will take place ovr two full days on 8th and 9th June 2023, hosted by the project partner FORTH on Crete. We will be discussing the results of antimicrobial assays and physico-chemical characterization of our first new antimicorbial material candidates, and also (very importantly) our…