Dr. Christopher J. Arnusch tells The Media Line that existing material for water filters was converted for use in trapping airborne pathogens
Researchers in Israel and the United States have found a simple way to convert material used for filtering microbes and viruses in water for use in cleansing the air of infectious particles.
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The method adapts the porousness of the material, called laser-induced graphene (LIG), for use with air. The LIG filter is then combined with a low-voltage, and together they capture and destroy infectious, micron-sized particles in a way described by researchers as both highly scalable and cost-effective.
The LIG process was invented by researchers at Houston’s Rice University and converted for use in air filtration after researchers from Beersheba’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) showed its antibacterial effects.
Air filtration products containing LIG are now being manufactured by Israel-based LIGC Application Ltd.
The Media Line spoke with Dr. Christopher J. Arnusch of the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at BGU, who was a member of the joint conversion team.
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