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Can Non-Thermal Microwave Irradiation Inactivate Viruses? A Review with Some Computations

2026-06-29

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The use of the non-thermal electromagnetic waves to inactivate viruses has been proposed by a few groups; how microwave irradiation may alter virus infectivity is still object of investigation. In fact, the alleged transformation of a microwave photon into a phonon, in water or in organic media, has never been demonstrated. Microwave energy absorption in these media leads to heating, which generates many thermal p...

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Literature Corpus work: 6c918188-9eb7-5851-95c3-0ea49329c314
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202606.2110.v1

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