Bacterial inactivation using an RF-powered atmospheric pressure plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4 II, 2006, Pages 1290-1296

  Sharma, Ashish ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a   Stan, Ovidiu ^a   Collins, George J ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; Radio frequency (RF); Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRODES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; FEED-GAS MIXTURES; RADIO FREQUENCY-POWERED ELECTRODES; ULTRAVIOLET FILTERS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 33747828964     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.878377     Document Type: Article

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