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Cleaner water. Healthier air. Safer food. Disinfection with CrayoNano’s powerful UV-C LED technology can be used to improve people's lives.

CrayoNano's CrayoLED™ UV-C LEDs are optimized for disinfection at a typical peak wavelength of 275 nm.

Its small package footprint (3.5 mm x 3.5 mm) and robust performance, our CrayoLED™ UV-C LEDs easily integrate into systems for residential, commercial, and industrial segments, enabling system miniaturization and longer lasting solutions for UV-C disinfection applications.

UV-C LEDs opens opportunities for a positive and sustainable social and environmental outcome.

UV-C radiation is a well-studied disinfectant used against bacteria, viruses, mold, and spores—commonly used in many disinfection, industrial, and commercial applications today. The power of UV-C to disinfect is through the breakdown of DNA and RNA when exposed to UV-C radiation, preventing microbes and other pathogens from replicating and inducing illness.

The demands of population density and resource scarcity call for novel strategies to automate disinfection processes in a manner that is efficient, resource-friendly, and cost-effective. UV-C LEDs enables new possibilities for applications that can have a significant positive impact on both society and the environment.

Ways to use UV-C LEDs

Water tap with UV-C light inside

Water treatment

Existing water treatment often uses hazardous chemicals. CrayoNano’s UV-C LED is a clean, environmentally friendly alternative.
Clothes washing machine lit with blue and purple light for UV-C LEDs

White Goods and Home Appliances

UV-C LEDs is an easy addition for hygiene and safety in home appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, and air purifiers. By effectively inactivating bacteria, viruses, and mold, they provide a compact, energy-efficient, and sustainable solution for creating healthier living environments.
Food production using UV-C light for surface disinfection

Disinfection

In high contact and traffic areas, UV-C LED can enable an automized disinfecting solutions to provide a safe environment to meet and interact.
Air duct fan illuminated with UV-C light for air disinfection

Air disinfection

Small, compact UV-C LEDs can help eliminate airborne pathogens and odor causing bacteria, making multi-family housing and shared workplaces safer.
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Food processing

UV-C LED technology can improve food packaging and preservation, reducing the need for expensive processes that utilize high temperatures and chemical treatments.
3D printer with UV-C LED module

Curing

UV-C is utilized for drying inks, coatings, adhesives and other UV sensitive materials through polymerization. Our UV-C LED can be applied to a wide range of applications such as: flexo, digital, screen, adhesives and coatings.
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Analytical

UV-C is often combined as the part of the light source for scientific tools and instrumentation for tissue and cell-based fluorescence, drug discovery and drug development.

CrayoLED™ UV-C LED — Designed to disinfect

Our CrayoLED™ UV-C LED are designed to disinfect, developed with customers to meet the high standards required by the disinfection and sanitation industry.

Learn more about our CrayoLED™ UV-C LEDs Products here

Our CrayoLEDs have been designed in and integrated into disinfection systems globally.

Learn more at our Knowledge Center where you will find product documents, reference designs, UV-C LED product articles, white papers and more.

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Where to buy CrayoLED™

Our global network of partners are ready to assist you. Reach out to one of our partners today.

CrayoNano Partners

"CrayoLED™ initial testing results are impressive. Power and Voltage are matching the specs. 3rd party qualification highly appreciated.”

Tier-1 water disinfection OEM customer (USA)

"Your technical specification in small, standardized form-factor and long lifetime is already taking UV-C LEDs one step further beyond your competitors.”

Tier-1 customer

"CrayoNano, being a UV-C-focused company is critical for us. Initial test results are good in terms of measurements and specs.”

Tier-1 water Point-of-Entry (POE) customer (UK)

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  • UV-C radiation wavelength range between 100–280 nm and is the shortest wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. It has a high energy radiation that is absorbed by DNA, RNA and proteins. UV-C radiation principal mode of microbial inactivation occurs when the absorption of a UV-C absorption by DNA or RNA, then forms pyrimidine dimers between adjacent thymine bases and renders the microbe incapable of replicating properly.

    It is important to note that UV-C radiation can also be harmful to humans and other living organisms, so precautions must be taken when using UV-C radiation. Exposure to high levels of UV-C radiation can cause skin and eye damage. Therefore, it is recommended to use UV-C radiation in a controlled and safe manner, wearing the proper safety equipment.
  • Mercury lamps have been commonly used for disinfection purposes, with a peak wavelength of 254 nm. However, with the availability of UV-C LEDs in the range of 250–280 nm, offer more available sources.

    Microbes have different sensitivities to UV-C, as shown by the virucidal efficiency action spectra curve. For example, E. coli is most sensitive to a peak wavelength of 265 nm, which is often referenced as the wavelength for optimal germicidal effectiveness.

    When choosing a wavelength for disinfection purposes, it's important to consider the trade-off between virucidal efficiency and output power. Shorter wavelength LEDs typically have lower output power, while longer wavelength LEDs, such as 275 nm, have higher output power. Although 275 nm may have lower virucidal efficiency, the higher output power and better wall plug efficiency can compensate for this. This is known as virucidal power, which is the normalization of wavelength dependency for virucidal efficiency and optical output power.
  • UV-C LEDs can contribute to sustainability in several ways. First, they use significantly less energy than traditional UV lamps, which can help reduce overall energy consumption. Additionally, UV-C LEDs have a much longer lifespan than traditional UV lamps, which means they need to be replaced less frequently and can reduce waste. They can also be used in air and water disinfection systems to help reduce the use of chemicals and other pollutants. Furthermore, UV-C LED lights do not contain mercury, which is a toxic substance found in traditional UV lamps that can be harmful to the environment if not disposed of properly.

  • Our Sales and Customer Operations team are happy to assist you with your request. Please fill our contact form HERE, and our team will get back you as soon as possible.

  • Yes, our CrayoLED™ is RoHS and REACH compliant. We are committed to upholding the highest standards of environmental responsibility and sustainability. The certificates can be found on our FILES page.

  • The total system design—thermal management, power design, and module design—directly contributes and effects the UV-C LED product lifetime.


    Using TM-21 modeling, we have extrapolated an L70 lifetime of over 10,000 hours at standard operating conditions. In our testing, the CrayoLED™ running continuously for over 3,000 hours at 350 mA and more than 3,000 hours at 500 mA and 700 mA, with a solder temperature of 38 °C. 


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    Our industry experts are available for technical support and assistance, reach out to us through our Contact Form.

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