Inactivation of bacteria by the plasma pencil

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 470-473

  Laroussi, Mounir ^a,b   Tendero, Claire ^b   Lu, Xinpei ^b   Alla, Sudhakar ^a,b   Hynes, Wayne L ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cold plasma; Plasma processing; Plume; Radicals; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMA SOURCES; PLASMA STABILITY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMAL PLUMES;

COLD PLASMA;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 33748426344     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200600005     Document Type: Article

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