Packaging materials for plasma sterilization with the flowing afterglow of an N2-O2 discharge: Damage assessment and inactivation efficiency of enclosed bacterial spores

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 40, 2011, Pages

  Levif, P ^a   Seguin J ^a   Moisan, M ^a   Soum Glaude, A ^a   Barbeau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPORE; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; FLOWING AFTERGLOWS; GASEOUS PLASMAS; HUMAN CELLS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; MASS LOSS; MEDICAL DEVICES; PETRI DISH; PLASMA METHODS; PLASMA STERILIZATION; STERILIZATION PROCESS; STERILIZATION SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOWING WELLS; OZONE; PLASMAS; SEALING (CLOSING); STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 80053157312     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/40/405201     Document Type: Article

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