Cold atmospheric-pressure plasmas applied to active packaging of apples

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4 PART 4, 2010, Pages 957-965

  Fernández Gutierrez, Sulmer A ^a   Pedrow, Patrick D ^a   Pitts, Marvin J ^b   Powers, Joseph ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active packaging; Argon; Corona; Film evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PACKAGING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; CORONA ONSET; DEPOSITION OF FILMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; ELECTRON AVALANCHES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEED MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED STUDIES; NEEDLE ELECTRODES; PILOT APPLICATIONS; PLASMA REACTORS; PLASMA ZONE; PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS; REACTOR DESIGNS; SELF-PROPAGATING; TEXTURAL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ARGON; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NEEDLES; PACKAGING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 77951025730     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2042078     Document Type: Article

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