Plasma sterilization using the RF glow discharge

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8960-8964

  Yang, Liqing ^a   Chen, Jierong ^a   Gao, Junling ^a   Guo, Yafei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Germicidal effect; Glow discharge plasma; Mechanism; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; GLOW DISCHARGES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MECHANISMS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

GERMICIDAL EFFECT; GLOW DISCHARGE PLASMAS; OXYGEN FREE RADICALS; PLASMA REACTIONS; PLASMA STERILIZATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RF GLOW DISCHARGE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68649099031     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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