Inactivation of a 25.5μm Enterococcus faecalis biofilm by a room-temperature, battery-operated, handheld air plasma jet

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Pei, X ^a   Lu, X ^a   Liu, J ^a   Liu, D ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Ostrikov, K ^b,c   Chu, Paul K ^d   Pan, Y ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PLASMAS; BACTERICIDAL EFFECTS; BOTTOM LAYERS; CURRENT PEAK; CURRENT PULSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HANDHELDS; NANOSECOND DISCHARGE; REACTIVE PLASMA SPECIES; REPETITION RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BACILLI; BACTERICIDES; GAS SUPPLY; PLASMA JETS;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84859608348     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/16/165205     Document Type: Article

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