Short-term effect of humid airflow on antimicrobial air filters using Sophora flavescens nanoparticles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-279

  Hwang, Gi Byoung ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Nho, Chu Won ^a   Lee, Byung Uk ^c   Lee, Seung Jae ^a   Jung, Jae Hee ^a   Bae, Gwi Nam ^a  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial filter; Nanoparticles; Natural product; Relative humidity; Sophora flavescens

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL FILTER; ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCE; BACTERIAL AEROSOLS; BIOAEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIBER FILTERS; FILTER MEDIA; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMID CONDITIONS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; METAL OXIDES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; RETENTION TIME; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURROUNDING TEMPERATURE;

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COALESCENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE DROP;

MICROORGANISMS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FILTER; FILTRATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ANTIMICROBIAL AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILTER; FILTRATION; HUMID AIRFLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOPHORA; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SOPHORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84862826887     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.060     Document Type: Article

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