Reduction of Bacillus Subtilis and Aspergillus Niger spores using nonthermal atmospheric gas discharges

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4 I, 2002, Pages 1416-1423

  Trompeter, Franz Josef ^a   Neff, Willi J ^b   Franken, Oliver ^c   Heise, Michael ^b   Neiger, Manfred ^d   Liu, Shuhai ^d   Pietsch, Gerhard J ^c   Saveljew, Anatoli B ^c  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus Niger spores; Atmospheric pressure discharge sterilization; Bacillus Subtilis spores; Dielectric barrier discharge; Low temperature sterilization; Packaging sterilization; Plasma sterilization; Silent discharge; UV deactivation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

NONTHERMAL GAS DISCHARGES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

EID: 0037272412     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.804182     Document Type: Article

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