Performance of an electrostatic precipitator with superhydrophobic surface when collecting airborne bacteria

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Han, Taewon ^a   An, Hey Reoun ^a   Mainelis, Gediminas ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOAGENT; BIOHAZARD DETECTION; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DNA EXTRACTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PCR REACTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID DETECTION; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WATER DROPLETS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROP FORMATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SAMPLING;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSAFETY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHOLE CELL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 77951180927     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786821003649352     Document Type: Article

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