The persistent microbicidal effect in water exposed to the corona discharge

Physica Medica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-239

  Julák, Jaroslav ^a   Scholtz, Vladimír ^b   Kotúčová, Soňa ^b   Janoušková, Olga ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Low temperature plasma; Persistent microbicidal effect

Indexed keywords

ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CORONA DISCHARGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT MICROBICIDAL EFFECT; PLASMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STORAGE;

AIR; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE; PLASMA GASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WATER;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84862221653     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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