Plasma inactivation of candida albicans by an atmospheric cold plasma brush composed of hollow fibers

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1098-1102

  Song, Ying ^a   Liu, Dongping ^a   Ji, Longfei ^a   Wang, Wenchun ^b   Niu, Jinhai ^a   Zhang, Xianhui ^c  

^a DALIAN NATIONALITIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma; biomedical application; glowlike discharge; optical emission spectroscopy (OES); plasma brush; scanning electron microscope (SEM); sterilization; survival efficiency

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLD PLASMAS; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; GLOW-LIKE DISCHARGE; HOLLOW FIBER; HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBERS; O RADICALS; PLASMA BRUSHES; PLASMA PLUMES; PULSED DISCHARGE; PULSEWIDTHS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME RATIO; WELL-ALIGNED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRUSHES; CANDIDA; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMAL PLUMES; YEAST;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84862808456     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2183622     Document Type: Article

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