A note on the possible electrostatic disruption of bacteria

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1304-1306

  Mendis, D A ^a,b   Rosenberg, M ^a,b   Azam, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Electrostatic disruption; Plasma; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROSTATIC DISRUPTION; PLASMA GLOW DISCHARGES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0034240016     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.893321     Document Type: Article

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