Megawatt, pulsed ultraviolet photon sources for microbial inactivation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2026-2031

  Hancock, Patrick ^a   Curry, Randy D ^a   McDonald, Kenneth F ^a   Altgilbers, Larry ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b US Army Space and Missile Defense Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLASHLIGHTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

MICROBIAL INACTIVATION; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PULSED ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON SOURCES; PULSED XENON FLASHLAMPS; SURFACE DISINFECTION;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES;

EID: 8144220200     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835967     Document Type: Article

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