Study on a room-temperature air plasma for biomedical application

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 1489-1495

  Wu, Shuqun ^a   Wand, Zhan ^a   Huang, Quanjun ^a   Lu, Xinpei ^a   Pan, Yuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma; biomedical application; dc discharge; nonequilibrium plasma; plasma jet

Indexed keywords

AIR PLASMAS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CURRENT PULSE; DC DISCHARGES; DIRECT-CURRENT; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; GAP DISTANCES; ION DRIFTS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; PEAK VALUES; POWER SUPPLY; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; RESIDUAL CHARGE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 79958801946     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2132152     Document Type: Article

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