Degradation of bacteria by weakly ionized highly dissociated radio-frequency oxygen plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1300-1301

  Vratnica, Zoran ^a,b   Vujošević, Danijela ^a,b   Cvelbar, Uros ^a   Mozetič, Miran ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Oxygen; Plasma; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLADDING (COATING); DEGRADATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SULFATE MINERALS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIA; CELL WALLS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA; PLASMA SCIENCE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; STERILIZATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 50249105934     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.926841     Document Type: Article

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