TY  - CHAP
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Nojima, H.
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
T1  - Some peculiarities of application of cluster ions generated by plasma in respect of indoor air purification :[abstract]
N2  - Recently, the SHARP Corporation, Japan, has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)" air purification technology using plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are able to decompose and deactivate harmful airborne substances by chemical reactions. Because cluster ions consist of positive and negative ions that normally exist in the natural world, they are completely harmless and safe to humans. The amount of ozone generated by cluster ions is less than 0.01 ppm, which is significantly less than the 0.05-ppm standard for industrial operations and consumer electronics. This amount, thus, has no harming effects whatsoever on the human body. But particular properties and chemical processes in PCI treatment are still under study. It has been shown that PCI in most cases show strongly pronounced irreversible killing effects in respect of airborne microflora due to free-radical induced reactions and can be considered as a potent technology to disinfect both home, medical and industrial appliances.
KW  - Clusterion
KW  - Raumluft
KW  - Luftreiniger
KW  - Plasmacluster ion technology
KW  - Air purification
Y1  - 2003
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Nojima, H.
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
T1  - Plasma-generated cluster ions' effects on indoor microflora : [abstract]
N2  - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions® (PCI)" air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new Plasma Cluster Device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. In the past, phenomenological tests on the efficacy of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. In most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrated strongly pronounced killing effects on microorganisms. However, the particular mechanisms of PCI action still have to be uncovered.
KW  - Clusterion
KW  - Raumluft
KW  - Luftreiniger
KW  - Plasmacluster ion technology
KW  - Air purification
Y1  - 2003
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Nojima, H.
T1  - Plasma cluster ions (PCI) influence on microbial cells viability : [abstract]
N2  - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first “Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)” air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases into the air positive and negative ions, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. A lot of phenomenological tests of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. And, in most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrate strongly pronounced killing effect. Although, the particular mechanisms of PCI action are still not evident. We studied variations in resistance to PCI among gram-positive airborne microorganisms, as well as some dose-dependent, spatial, cultural and biochemical properties of PCI action in respect of Staphylococcus spp, Enterococcus spp, Micrococcus spp.
KW  - Clusterion
KW  - Raumluft
KW  - Luftreiniger
KW  - Plasmacluster ion technology
KW  - Air purification
Y1  - 2003
ER  -