Killing of S. mutans bacteria using a plasma needle at atmospheric pressure

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4 II, 2006, Pages 1317-1324

  Goree, John ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Drake, David ^b   Stoffels, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric glow discharge; Disinfection; Microorganisms; Microplasma; Nonthermal plasma; Plasma applications; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GLOW DISCHARGES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PLASMA NEEDLE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33747850804     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.878431     Document Type: Article

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