Anti-bacterial performance of colloidal silver-treated laminate wood flooring

Published Date
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
April 2006, Vol.57(3):155–162, doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.02.00

Author 

• Sumin Kim 
• Hyun-Joong Kim ^,

• Laboratory of Adhesion & Bio-Composites, Major in Environmental Materials Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea

Received 10 January 2006. Accepted 13 February 2006. Available online 30 March 2006. 

Abstract

In this study both the anti-bacterial properties and strength of cockroach avoidance of laminate wood floorings containing colloidal silver is evaluated. The laminate wood flooring manufactured with the overlay added with resin containing colloidal silver ion showed an antibacterial activity of up to 98.9%. For colloidal silver-treated, laminate wood flooring, the relative avoidance rate was 87±1%. With colloidal silver treatment onto the surface of the laminate wood flooring, using melamine-formaldehyde resin for overlay paper impregnation, laminate wood flooring was developed as an environmentally friendly material for residential application.

Keywords

Laminate wood flooring

Low pressure melamine

Colloidal silver

Anti-bacterial property

Cockroach avoidance

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