KorganoTech is a nanotechnology-based air filter that uses known antimicrobial bioactive metal particles (BMPs), such as silver, copper, and metal oxides, embedded in an ultra-high surface area, porous nanowire web to capture pathogens of all sizes. When BMPs interact with the captured pathogens to form metal ions (created via dissolution of BMPs) that damage the pathogens' proteins and DNA, preventing them from growing and reproducing.