Transparent air filter for high-efficiency PM 2.5 capture

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liu, Chong ^a   Hsu, Po Chun ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Ye, Meng ^a   Zheng, Guangyuan ^a   Liu, Nian ^b   Li, Weiyang ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; NANOFIBER; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; FILTRATION; HAZE; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FORCE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCENSE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENT AIR FILTER; WATER CONTENT; WIND; WIND FORCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; PARTICLE SIZE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION; BEIJING; HUMIDITY; NANOFIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND;

EID: 84923324123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7205     Document Type: Article

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