Antimicrobial treatment of heat sensitive products by miniaturized atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs)

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Weltmann, K D ^a   Brandenburg, R ^a,b   Von Woedtke, T ^a   Ehlbeck, J ^a   Foest, R ^a   Stieber, M ^a   Kindel, E ^a  

^a INP Greifswald   (Germany)

^b Vanguard AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMA SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; HEAT SENSITIVE; HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIALS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; NON-THERMAL PLASMAS; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES; STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT PROCESSES;

PLASMAS;

EID: 53349118411     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/19/194008     Document Type: Article

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