Basic study of bacteria inactivation at low discharge voltage by using microplasmas

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 641-649

  Shimizu, Kazuo ^a   Yamada, Masahiro ^a,b   Kanamori, Masaki ^a,b   Blajan, Marius ^a,c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toshiba Carrier Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Electric fields; Escherichia coli; Inactivation; Microplasma; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHEMICALS; ACTIVE SPECIES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA INACTIVATION; CARRIER GAS; DISCHARGE GAPS; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; ELECTRICAL FIELD; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXCITED MOLECULES; IN-BETWEEN; INACTIVATION; LOW POWER; MICRO-PLASMA DISCHARGES; MICRO-PLASMAS; MICROPLASMA TREATMENT; NITROGEN MOLECULE; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OH RADICAL; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PORTABLE DEVICE; PRESENCE OF WATER; RATE INCREASE; SPECIFIC POWER; UV LIGHT; VACUUM ENCLOSURE; WATER DROPLETS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; METAMATERIALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OZONE; PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77949888266     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2040053     Document Type: Article

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