New nonthermal atmospheric-pressure plasma sources for decontamination of human extremities

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11 PART2, 2012, Pages 2963-2969

  Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a   Fricke, Katja ^a   Stieber, Manfred ^a   Brandenburg, Ronny ^a   Von Woedtke, Thomas ^a   Schnabel, Uta ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasmas; plasma applications; plasma medicine; sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL TESTS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN EXTREMITIES; MEDICAL USE; NONTHERMAL; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PLASMA PHYSICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SKIN SURFACES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTRODES; MODELS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 84870057815     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2204279     Document Type: Article

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