Airborne silver nanoparticles from an atomizer as an antimicrobial agent against E. Coli bioaerosols

HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 345-348

  Lee, Byung Uk ^a   Yoon, Ki Young ^b   Bae, Gwi Nam ^c   Ji, Jun Ho ^d   Hwang, Jungho ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; E coli; Nanoparticle; Silver

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; BIOAEROSOLS; CONTROL MATERIALS; E. COLI; HEALTH EFFECTS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

AEROSOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

EID: 60749135425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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