Antimicrobial effects of UV and VUV radiation of nonthermal plasma jets

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 1, 2009, Pages 877-883

  Brandenburg, Ronny ^a   Lange, Hartmut ^a   von Woedtke, Thomas ^a   Stieber, Mantfred ^a   Kindel, Eckhard ^a   Ehlbeck, Jörg ^a   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Plasma applications; Plasma jet; Plasma medicine; Sterilization; VUV radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ARGON EXCIMER; ATOMIC EMISSION; DIRECT PLASMA; LIFE-SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTS; MOLECULAR BAND; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; STERILIZATION; TWO-COMPONENT; UV EMISSIONS; UV- AND; VUV EMISSION; VUV PHOTON; VUV RADIATION;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; RADIATION EFFECTS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 67650296718     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2019657     Document Type: Article

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