A new paper from Madison Rutherford studies SOA formation from the use of germicidal UV in an office. She also found that many VOCs increased in the office when the GUV lamps were on, apparently from surface reactions of ozone or direct irradiation by the lamps. doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00475
The COVID-19 pandemic led to heightened interest in germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) lamps, which can deactivate bacteria and viruses in infectious aerosols. Recently, lamps using 222 nm (GUV222) light to...
