The interaction of a direct-current cold atmospheric-pressure air plasma with bacteria

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Feng, Hongqing ^a   Sun, Peng ^a   Chai, Yufeng ^a   Tong, Guohua ^a   Zhang, Jue ^a   Zhu, Weidong ^b   Fang, Jing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Colony forming units (CFUs); Direct current (dc); Plasma jet

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; JETS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS;

AIR PLASMAS; COLONY FORMING UNITS (CFUS); DIRECT CURRENT (DC); MICRO HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGE (MHCD); MICRO JETS; PETRI DISHES; PLASMA EXPOSURE; PLASMA JET; PLASMA TREATMENTS; UNIFORM REDUCTION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 58549098294     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2008438     Document Type: Article

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