Application of nanoscale silver-doped titanium dioxide as photocatalyst for indoor airborne bacteria control: A feasibility study in medical nursing institutions

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Zhao, Yu Kuang ^a   Sung, Wen Pei ^a   Tsai, Tzai Tang ^a   Wang, Hsien Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DETERIORATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NURSING; OXIDES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

QUALITY CONTROL;

NANOCOATING; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950425060     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.3.337     Document Type: Article

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