Inactivation characteristics of bacteria in capacitively coupled argon plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2347-2352

  Kumar, Suresh ^a   Neogi, Sudarsan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Plasma applications; Sterilization; Surface contamination; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

ARGON GAS; ARGON PLASMAS; CAPACITIVELY COUPLED; GAS FLOWRATE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS; PLASMA TECHNOLOGY; PLASMA TREATMENT; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA; RF-POWER; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILIZATION; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS;

ARGON; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURFACE TREATMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 72349089541     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2033112     Document Type: Article

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