Identification of indoor airborne microorganisms and their disinfection with combined Nano-Ag/TiO 2 photocatalyst and ultraviolet light

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Tsai, Tzai Tang ^a   Sung, Wen Pei ^a   Song, Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Pediatrics Department   (China)

Author keywords

air quality control equipment; indoor air; medical nursing institute; Nano Ag TiO 2; real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTERS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BAUMANNII; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL NURSING; NANO-AG/TIO 2; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PREDOMINANT BACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING POINTS; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIOLOGY; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRRADIATION; NURSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA;

SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PURIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 80051986315     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0306     Document Type: Article

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