Antibacterial Ceramic Tiles
This production methodology makes it possible to create ceramic floor and wall tiles able to carry out a specific antibacterial action and to reduce polluting factors that are, unfortunately, a constant presence in contemporary urban environments.
With Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™, today it is possible to use, inside and outside buildings, materials that make an active contribution to creating a better atmosphere and a cleaner environment.
Exploiting the photocatalysis method - whereby a catalyst (in this case titanium dioxide) is able to react whenever sunlight or artificial light of an appropriate wavelength containing UVA rays shines on it, the air is cleaned of polluting organic substances, because oxidation makes the harmful organic substances harmless, bringing about three important actions:
1. the air is cleared of harmful organic and inorganic substances
2. surfaces are disinfected and bacteria removed
3. self-cleaning surfaces are created, exploiting the superhydrophilic effect created by the presence of the irradiated semiconductor (TiO2).
It should be noted that precisely because of its antibacterial properties, photocatalysis is also widely used in the textile industry, the cosmetics industry and in disinfection techniques in the healthcare sector.
Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ is the result of this methodology, and originates from a titanium dioxide treatment (which acts as a photocatalyst) carried out on the slabs at a high temperature.
The photocatalytic technology based on titanium dioxide is used in various ways in various branches of industry and methods are often based on nanotechnologies, a factor that in theory could cause a number of risks to health and to the environment during the manufacturing process.
The research carried out by Fiandre and Iris Ceramica has developed a new methodology, which, unlike others with which we are familiar, does not involve the use of nanoparticles, using an application of micrometric titanium dioxide powders instead.
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