The efficiency of LED Tailor’s Blue Light Disinfection system can be further enhanced by applying a photocatalytic coating on surfaces. The coating utilizes a phenomenon known as photocatalysis: energy of light starts a chemical reaction on the surface, producing short-lived Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS).
The ROS disintegrate all microbes, including viruses, on the surface. In addition to blue light the reaction needs a catalyst, which in the LED Tailor coating is titanium dioxide (TiO₂). The coating is applied by spraying a very thin, invisible layer that does not affect the breathability of the surfaces.
Photocatalysis has been known for decades and it has been used for example in self-cleaning windows. The first coatings required ultraviolet light, which limited the use to outdoors or required dangerous UV lamps. Now you can get the effect safely also indoors using LED Tailor’s Spectral Blue system.