Development and evaluation of antimicrobial activated carbon fiber filters using Sophora flavescens nanoparticles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-297

  Sim, Kyoung Mi ^a   Kim, Kyung Hwan ^a   Hwang, Gi Byoung ^a   Seo, SungChul ^b   Bae, Gwi Nam ^a   Jung, Jae Hee ^a,c  

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

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fiber (ACF) filter; Air filtration; Nanoparticles; Sophora flavescens

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AEROSOLS; AIR FILTERS; AIR PURIFICATION; FOG; GAS ADSORPTION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; TOLUENE;

AIR FILTRATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

WATER FILTRATION; ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBER; NANOPARTICLE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; FILTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SHRUB; TOLUENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER FILTER; ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR FILTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTRATION; MICROPORE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ACTIVE FILTER; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AIR POLLUTANT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MATERIAL COATING; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SOPHORA;

SOPHORA FLAVESCENS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARBON; FILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; SOPHORA;

EID: 84902602981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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