Low-temperature sterilization with surface-wave-excited oxygen plasma

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 7 B, 2003, Pages

  Nagatsu, Masaaki ^a   Terashita, Fumie ^a   Koide, Yukio ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Oxygen plasma; Plasma sterilization; Surface wave plasma

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA STERILIZATION; SURFACE WAVE EXCITED PLASMA;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

EID: 0141606702     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.l856     Document Type: Letter

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