Effect of relative humidity and variation of particle number size distribution on the inactivation effectiveness of airborne silver nanoparticles against bacteria bioaerosols deposited on a filter

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-456

  Lee, Byung Uk ^a   Yun, Sun Hwa ^a,b   Jung, Jae Hee ^a,b   Bae, Gwi Nam ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Bacillus subtilis; Bioaerosols; Escherichia coli; Filter; Silver nanoparticles; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; BANDPASS FILTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOAEROSOLS; FILTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; FILTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SILVER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMIDITY; NANOFILTER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77952957436     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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