Abstract: A system including a steam generation system and a chamber. The steam generation system includes a complex and the steam generation system is configured to receive water, concentrate electromagnetic (EM) radiation received from an EM radiation source, apply the EM radiation to the complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, and transform, using the heat generated by the complex, the water to steam. The chamber is configured to receive the steam and an object, wherein the object is of medical waste, medical equipment, fabric, and fecal matter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2017
Assignee:
Willam Marsh Rice University
Inventors:
Nancy J. Halas, Peter Nordlander, Oara Neumann