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Environ Sci Nano. 2014;2014(1):15-26. doi: 10.1039/C3EN00007A.

A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures.

Environmental science. Nano

Georgios Pyrgiotakis, James McDevitt, Andre Bordini, Edgar Diaz, Ramon Molina, Christa Watson, Glen Deloid, Steve Lenard, Natalie Fix, Yosuke Mizuyama, Toshiyuki Yamauchi, Joseph Brain, Philip Demokritou

Affiliations

  1. Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  2. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
  3. Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, 571-8686, Japan.

PMID: 26180637 PMCID: PMC4500755 DOI: 10.1039/C3EN00007A

Abstract

Airborne pathogens are associated with the spread of infectious diseases and increased morbidity and mortality. Herein we present an emerging chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne pathogen inactivation. This technique is based on transforming atmospheric water vapor into Engineered Water Nano-Structures (EWNS)

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