ABSTRACT
Acronym for light active antimicrobials, a coating consisting of nanometer-scale particles that render the air above them (e.g., when applied as a coating to a hospital room surface) to be antimicrobial (i.e., toxic to microbes). Invented in 2006 by Stephen Michielsen, Igor Stojiljkovic, and Gordon Churchward. See also Nanometers (nm), Nanotechnology, Microbe, Antibiotic, Antibiosis, Nanostructured material.
