Antimicrobial durability of air filters coated with airborne Sophora flavescens nanoparticles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Chong, Eui seok ^a   Hwang, Gi Byoung ^a   Nho, Chu Won ^a   Kwon, Bo Mi ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Seo, SungChul ^c   Bae, Gwi Nam ^a   Jung, Jae Hee ^a  

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

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial filter; Durability; Nanoparticles; Natural product; Sophora flavescens

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL TESTS; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; ANTIMICROBIAL FILTER; ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCTS; AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY; FILTER MEDIA; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NATURAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL MATERIALS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; TEA TREE OIL;

AIR FILTERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DURABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUSES;

NANOPARTICLES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; KURARIDINE; KURARINONE; NANOPARTICLE; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; SOPHORAFLAVONE G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL DURABILITY; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERIAL COATING; NANOFILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AIR FILTERS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHALCONES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOTERPENES; NANOPARTICLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOPHORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE;

FUNGI; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 84871363955     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.075     Document Type: Article

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