Pulsed discharge effects on bacteria inactivation in low-pressure radio-frequency oxygen plasma

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1130-1135

  Vicoveanu, Dragos ^a   Ohtsu, Yasunori ^a   Fujita, Hiroharu ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic emission line; Bacillus spores; Plasma density; Pulsed plasma; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BACTERIOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ATOMIC EMISSION LINE; BACILLUS SPORES; BACTERIA INACTIVATIONS; BACTERIA STERILIZATIONS; BIPHASIC; CONTINUOUS; CONTINUOUS WAVE MODES; DUTY-CYCLE; INACTIVATION RATES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCIES; NEUTRAL ATOMS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PLASMA PARAMETERS; PULSE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSE FREQUENCIES; PULSE PARAMETERS; PULSED DISCHARGES; PULSED MODES; PULSED PLASMA; PULSED PLASMAS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF POWERS; SPORICIDAL EFFECTS; SURVIVAL CURVES; TREATMENT TEMPERATURES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 54249167160     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.1130     Document Type: Article

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