Sterilization by oxygen plasma

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Moreira, Adir José ^a   Mansano, Ronaldo Domingues ^a   De Jesus Andreoli Pinto, Terezinha ^a   Ruas, Ronaldo ^a   Da Silva Zambon, Luis ^a   Da Silva, Mônica Valero ^a   Verdonck, Patrick Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

End point detection; Plasma; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ETCHING; ETHYLENE; GAMMA RAYS; OXIDATION; PLASMAS; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

END POINT DETECTION; OXYGEN PLASMAS; POLYMERIC MEDICAL DEVICES; STERILIZATION;

OXYGEN;

EID: 4344644704     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.05.128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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