NS Nanotech announced today that it has broken major barriers in semiconductor device design with the first solid-state emissive material to produce invisible shortwave far-UVC ultraviolet light that researchers say can deactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other airborne pathogens. Initial samples of the chip will be available to OEM partners before the end of the year. A startup with patented technology developed at the University of Michigan and McGill University, the company said it is also fast-tracking development of a personal air purifier for business and consumers that utilizes its new chip. The portable product, designed to neutralize coronavirus in the user's personal airspace, will be about the size of a coffee mug and will be available in 2021. It will be for personal and business use in the home, office, schools, airplanes, ride-shares, and virtually anywhere else you can plug it in.