LED Research Shines New Light on Ultraviolet Disinfection Technology

submitted by Lou Elin Dwyer

medcitynews.com - by Frank Vinluan - May 14, 2012

LED lighting isn’t just for illuminating rooms and roads. Someday it could be used to sterilize surgical tools or purify water.

At the right wavelength, ultraviolet light kills microorganisms on surfaces and in water. But the effort to develop new UV disinfection devices that utilize LEDs has been hampered by the semiconductors used to make LEDs.

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