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LED Research Shines New Light on Ultraviolet Disinfection Technology
Sun, 2012-06-03 16:24 — Kathy Gilbeauxsubmitted 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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