The effect of pulsed electric fields on biological cells: experiments and applications

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 284-292

  Schoenbach, Karl H ^a   Peterkin, Frank E ^a   Alden III, Raymond W ^a   Beebe, Stephen J ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; COOLING SYSTEMS; FOULING; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

BIOFOULING; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0031120042     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602501     Document Type: Article

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