Patent ID: 9222665
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61L,B09B,B82Y,C02F,F22B,F24S,F28F,Y02E,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a steam generation system comprising a complex, wherein the steam generation system is configured to: a chamber configured to receive the steam and an object, wherein the object is one selected from a group consisting of medical waste, medical equipment, fabric, and fecal matter, wherein the complex comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of copper nanoparticles, copper oxide nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanorods, carbon moieties, encapsulated nanoshells, encapsulated nanoparticles, and branched nanostructures, wherein the complex comprises an encapsulating layer configured to preserve a plasmon resonance of the complex wherein the encapsulating layer comprises silica, titanium dioxide, europium oxide, titanium, europium, erbium, samarium, praseodymium, dysprosium, or a polymer.