Plasma jetlike point-to-point electrical discharge in air and its bactericidal properties

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1978-1980

  Scholtz, Vladimír ^a   Julak J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corona; gas discharges; microorganisms; plasma torches

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL PROPERTIES; CORONA; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; GAS DISCHARGES; GAS FLOWS; OUTSOURCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOW DISCHARGES; MICROORGANISMS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA TORCHES; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955664184     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2051461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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