Comparative studies of atmospheric pressure plasma characteristics between He and Ar working gases for sterilization

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10 PART 2, 2010, Pages 2954-2962

  Seo, Young Sik ^a   Mohamed, Abdel Aleam H ^b,c   Woo, Kyung Chul ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Lee, Jae Koo ^a   Kim, Kyong Tai ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) jet (APPJ); reactive oxygen species (ROS); sterilization; survival curve

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; AR PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA (APP) JET (APPJ); ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS FLOWS; GAS TEMPERATURE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH INTENSITY; INSTANTANEOUS CURRENT; LOW-FREQUENCY POWER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS); STERILIZATION; SURVIVAL CURVES; TURBULENT MODE; VIBRATIONAL TEMPERATURE; VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS;

AERODYNAMICS; ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HELIUM; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SOURCES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77957922066     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2058870     Document Type: Article

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