Photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by TiO2-coated surfaces

AMB Express

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Bonetta, Silvia ^a   Bonetta, Sara ^b   Motta, Francesca ^a   Strini, Alberto ^c   Carraro, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Istituto Per Le Tecnologie Della Costruzione Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (ITC CNR)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacteria; Photocatalysis; Photocatalytic disinfection; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LISTERIA INNOCUA; NONHUMAN; PETRI DISH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84887194495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-3-59     Document Type: Article

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