Scientific Institution Tests

The effectiveness of Plasmacluster Ion technology has been proven at 13 Institutions in Japan and  around the world. The institutions listed below have gathered validation data for Plasmacluster Ion generating devices .

Test Substance

Tested by:

Airborne viruses

Kitasato Research Centre of Environmental Sciences (Japan)

Seoul University (Korea)

Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China)

Kitasato Institute Medical Centre Hospital, Kitasato University (Japan)

Retroscreen Virology Ltd. (United  Kingdom)

Airborne allergens

Hiroshima University Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter (Japan)

Asthma Society of Canada (Canada)

Airborne mould

Ishikawa Health Service Association (Japan)

Professor Gerhard Artmann, Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Airborne bacteria

Ishikawa Health Service Association (Japan)

Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China)

Kitasato Research Centre of Environmental Sciences (Japan)

Kitasato Institute Medical Centre Hospital, Kitasato University (Japan)

Professor Gerhard Artmann, Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Harvard School of Public Health (United States of America)

Adhering odour

Japan Spinners Inspecting Foundation (Japan)

Adhering mould

The University Lübeck (Germany)

Japan Food Research Laboratories (Japan)

Tests conducted in laboratory conditions using various Plasmacluster Ion densities of up to 50,000 ions/cubic centimetres.

As a result PCI technology has been applied in many industries and in collaboration with other companies Sharp has expanded the Plasmacluster Ion technology to the following industries:

By December 2008 worldwide sales of Sharp’s and other companies’ products utilizing PCI technology
has exceeded 20 million* units!

*Total number of Sharp Plasmacluster products and Plasmacluster ion generating devices shipped within Japan and overseas between October 2000 and December 2008