Sterilization of bacterial endospores by an atmospheric-pressure argon plasma jet

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Uhm, Han S ^a   Lim, Jin P ^a   Li, Shou Z ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOPHAGES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURFACE CLEANING;

AMBIENT AIR; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS (ATCC 9372); BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; OXYGEN RADICALS;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 34547254485     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2747177     Document Type: Article

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