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Tiny yet power-packed, a little dynamo resides at the core of Plasmacluster Ion technology. Our Sharp air purifier review zeroes in on the enriched high concentration Plasmacluster Ion generator. At only 57mm by 28.5mm by 15.5mm, its size is dwarfed by its importance of producing the essential reactive agents without which the air purifier is completely useless.

Plasmacluster Ion Technology Synopsis

When positive and negative charges are administered to the discharge electrodes in the Plasmacluster Ion generator, plasma is generated. After liquid, gas, solid, the three commonly known states of matter, there is a fourth, plasma. Comprising electrons that roam freely without bondage to any molecule or atom, plasma exists in a partly ionized gaseous condition. The decomposition of water molecules that exist naturally in plasma result in positive ions (hydrogen) and negative ions (oxygen). Distinct and stable Plasmacluster Ions are created when atmospheric water molecules form clusters around the hydrogen and oxygen ions. Upon contact with the surfaces of pathogens, Plasmacluster Ions are transformed into hydroxyl radicals which are highly reactive but unstable. This characteristic causes the hydroxyl radical to combine with hydrogen atoms on the surface membrane of the pathogen. The outcome; harmless water as a by-product and dead pathogens. Simple yet effective! But is it real or imaginary?

Plasmacluster Ion – Fiction or Fact?

A genuine Sharp air purifier review will not cast aside a crucial issue – are Plasmacluster Ions fiction or fact? In common with many other nanotechnology products, Plasmacluster Ions are invisible to the human eye. To complicate matters, individuals who use air purifiers have no scientific means to ascertain if the claims are genuine. Individuals really have no alternative but to base their decisions on tests results of Plasmacluster Ion applications. This is done in 2 ways, in the laboratory (efficacy test) and in the real world (efficiency test).

Sharp, as an established corporation with a successful track record has anticipated these concerns. It has developed to an art what they term as academic marketing. Based upon cooperation between Sharp and well-known academic institutions, scientific experiments are conducted to verify the claims in relation to Plasmacluster Ion technology. From the joint efforts, scientific data generated provides a foundation for Sharp’s new products. Sharp has fine-tuned the definition of effectiveness into efficacy and efficiency. Efficacy testing has been the focus from the year 2000 to July 2009. It has begun and is developing efficiency testing with end users of Plasmacluster Ion technology.

Plasmacluster Ion – Certification at Molecular Levels

Seeking further for the purpose of this Sharp air purifier review, we believe that it is Sharp’s strategy to focus on efficacy and efficiency testing to become the leader. On 17 November 2004, Sharp announced the results of studies by Professor Gerhard Artmann of the Department of Cell Biophysics and Bioengineering, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. A leading authority in the field of cellular engineering, Professor Artmann through the use of an electron microscope confirmed that Plasmacluster Ions damaged more than 60 protein types on the cell membrane of pathogens leading to inactivation of the cells (both bacteria and viruses were tested).

That the pathogenic cell DNA is unaffected by Plasmacluster Ions which do not puncture the cell membrane is of great importance. This is claimed as an advantage over other air purification technologies like those using ultra-violet light which rely on DNA destruction to work. The danger to users of other air purification technologies being exposed to cancer from DNA damage was implied.

Plasmacluster Ion – Efficacy Testing

This current Sharp air purifier review puts together some of the efficacy tests on pathogens performed by Sharp together with many organizations. Conducted over the years from September 2000 to July 2009, the tests have proven that Plasmacluster Ions are effective in removing 28 kinds of harmful airborne microorganisms. Of the virulent pathogens, the most significant are the lethal SARS virus, the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus, a variant of the potentially fatal H1N1 virus which re-appeared in Mexico in 2009 and MRSA, the resistant bacterium that causes devastating infections in hospitalized patients.

The polio virus and the coxsackie virus which causes the common cold are also destroyed by Plasmacluster Ions. Also inactivated are staphylococcus, white staphylococcus, enterococcus, micrococcus, escherichia coli, serrata bacterium, candida, sarcina, pseudomonas and bacillus subtilis. A whole range of fungi (alternaria, aspergillus, cladosporium, mucor, penicillium, stachybotrys) are also effectively destroyed together with pollen, mites and other allergens.

The following organizations conducted tests on Plasmacluster Ion technology:

- Harvard School of Public Health, USA

- Retroscreen Virology, Ltd,London, UK

- Asthma Society of Canada

- University of Lübeck, Germany

- CT&T, Aachen University of Applied Science, Germany

- Seoul University, Korea

- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China

- Ishikawa Health Service Association, Japan

- Kitasato Research Center of Environmental Sciences, Japan

- Kitasato Institute, Medical Center Hospital, Japan

- Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Japan

Osaka City University Medical School conducted the last reported efficacy test that validated the inhibitory properties of Plasmacluster Ions on allergic reactions caused by mite allergens (mite feces and dead mites).

In summarizing our Sharp air purifier review on efficacy testing, we place great importance on the OECD GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) status of the testing organizations as the test results attain international recognition. GLP is an international standard that must be renewed every three years. So obviously crucial yet detractors of academic marketing and air purification technologies choose to completely ignore this factor. Curiously, the fact that test data generated by a GLP laboratory can be readily peer reviewed by fellow scientists is also disregarded. The all-important scientific peer review, as we know, is the key missing piece in the puzzle of air purification technologies, including Plasmacluster Ion technology!

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