Unusual Air Filters with Ultrahigh Efficiency and Antibacterial Functionality Enabled by ZnO Nanorods

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 21538-21544

  Zhong, Zhaoxiang ^a   Xu, Zhe ^a   Sheng, Ting ^a   Yao, Jianfeng ^b   Xing, Weihong ^a   Wang, Yong ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antibacterial coating; atomic layer deposition; membranes; PM2.5; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEMBRANES; NANORODS; PORE SIZE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL COATINGS; CONVENTIONAL FILTERS; DUST REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (EPTFE); HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PM2.5; ZNO NANOROD;

AIR FILTERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NANOTUBE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES; POROSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84942869708     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06810     Document Type: Article

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