An apparatus may include one or more light components that are configured to emit light to sanitize and disinfect one or more objects included within the apparatus. The apparatus may have an interior cavity at which the light components are located, where the interior cavity is accessible via one or more doors, an opening, a lid, etc. The apparatus may have a conveyor that transports objects from a first end of the apparatus to a second end of the apparatus, where the objects are sanitized during transport. The apparatus may be transitioned from an expanded configuration to an unexpanded/collapsed configuration, and vice versa. The apparatus may be stationary or include wheels or other mechanisms that allow the apparatus to be moved between different locations. Objects that are sanitized by the light components of the apparatus will be free of pathogens (e.g., viruses, bacteria, etc.) that are potentially harmful to humans.

Disclosed herein is a material suitable for the adsorption, storage and release of volatile organic compounds comprising: a porous thin film layer formed from nanosheets of one or more MXenes.

Systems and techniques for cleaning and sanitizing objects are discussed herein. An object may include an unpowered object such as a shopping cart or a powered object such as a power wheel-chair. A sanitization structure may be connected to a reservoir and may apply a sanitizing agent to the object via one or more nozzles. A drying structure may apply filtered gas such as filtered air to the object via one or more air ducts. An ultraviolet (UV) light structure may apply UV light to the object via one or more UV lamps. A UV curtain structure may include one or more curtains that block the UV light. A bumper rail may guide the object received by the various structures from an entrance side to an exit side of the various structures.

A scent device comprises a container defining a volume and configured to hold a fill material, which may include one or more chemical compounds, natural formulations, or both configured to absorb odor and/or moisture, and/or emit a scent. The scent device includes a vented cap reversibly coupled to the container via a connection mechanism, and a breathable insert sandwiched between the container and the cap. The breathable insert may comprise a non-woven fabric supported along its perimeter by a structural mount. Methods of manufacturing the scent device involve cutting a mount from a support material, attaching a breathable material to the mount to form a breathable insert, depositing a scent-controlling material within a container, and sandwiching the breathable insert between the container and a cap upon coupling the cap with the container.

Aqueous compositions of one or more organoethoxysilanes dissolved in an aqueous solution with one or more alcohols, polyvinyl alcohol and one or more optional fragrances, which can present or eliminate malodor aroma from microogranisms, methods of preparing the mal-odor removing compositions, and/or methods of using the mal-odor removing compositions. The mal-odor removing aqueous compositions preferably being in an liquid form that leaves is capable of providing clear, dried coating or film upon applied surfaces that removes odors and prevents proliferation of odor causing bacteria, fungi and viruses.

The present disclosure provides a portable UV-sanitizing box, providing a lower shell, an upper shell hinged to the lower shell, a sterilizing assembly having an ultraviolet ray lamp assembly arranged on the upper shell, a first conductive component arranged on the lower shell for electrically connecting to the first printed circuit board assembly, a first magnetic member adjacent to the first conductive component mounted on the lower shell, a second conductive component arranged on the upper shell for electrically connecting to the ultraviolet ray lamp assembly, a second magnetic member corresponding to the first magnetic member adjacent to the second conductive component mounted on the lower shell, the second magnetic member and the first magnetic member are magnetically attracted to each other.

A detoxification device for removing pathogens from air within an environment. The detoxification device may include a filtration media for catching and retaining particles larger than about 0.3 micrometers (μm) with an efficiency of at least 99%. The detoxification device may also include a heating element having a metallic foam. The heating element may be heated upon application of an electrical current to the heating element. The heating element may, upon being heated, heat the filtration media to a target temperature that is effective to kill a pathogen.

The present disclosure provides a portable UV-sanitizing box, providing a lower shell, an upper shell hinged to the lower shell, a sterilizing assembly having an ultraviolet ray lamp assembly arranged on the upper shell, a first conductive component arranged on the lower shell for electrically connecting to the first printed circuit board assembly, a first magnetic member adjacent to the first conductive component mounted on the lower shell, a second conductive component arranged on the upper shell for electrically connecting to the ultraviolet ray lamp assembly, a second magnetic member corresponding to the first magnetic member adjacent to the second conductive component mounted on the lower shell, the second magnetic member and the first magnetic member are magnetically attracted to each other.

An open-cell foam structure that is used to detect and remove substances from water or air.

Disclosed is a malodor control system that includes use of a malodor scavenger to sequester a malodor molecule to reduce and/or eliminate the noxious odor the malodor molecule generates. Some embodiments can include use of a substrate as a non-woven fabric sheet as a delivery system for the malodor scavenger. The substrate can include a polymer complexed with active ingredient to lock the active ingredient in place at a surface of the substrate via a binder so that the active ingredient is present at a predetermined activity level. After interacting with malodor molecules, at least some of the active ingredient migrates via passive diffusion to the substrate surface to maintain the predetermined activity level. Embodiments of the substrate are made from a blend of polyester and rayon, wherein rayon is made using viscose, allowing the substrate to be biodegradable and to handle an increased load of active ingredient.