CPC A61L 2/0052 (2013.01) [A61L 2/084 (2013.01); C09K 11/57 (2013.01); C09K 11/7715 (2013.01); C09K 11/7728 (2013.01); H01L 33/00 (2013.01); H05B 33/14 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
1. A method of reducing bactericidal counts, the method comprising:
powering a light source to emit emitted light having a chromaticity, said light source comprising a plurality of light emitters including at least one violet solid-state emitter and at least one phosphor, wherein said chromaticity is within a Duv distance of less than 5E-3 from the Planckian locus, wherein said chromaticity and said Duv are calculated using CIE 1964 10° CMFs; and
configuring said light source to illuminate a surface with said emitted light to reduce a bacterial count by at least a factor of ten in twelve hours.
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