Characterization of portable resistive barrier plasma jet and its direct and indirect treatment for antibiotic resistant bacteria and THP-1 leukemia cancer cells

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3533-3545

  Thiyagarajan, Magesh ^a   Sarani, Abdollah ^a   Gonzalez, Xavier ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air plasma; atmospheric pressure plasma; bacteria; biomedical; cancer; medicine; plasma jet; resistive barrier plasma (RBP)

Indexed keywords

AIR PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BIOMEDICAL; CANCER; RESISTIVE BARRIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; CERAMIC FIBERS; CHARACTERIZATION; COOLING; DISEASES; DROPS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW OF GASES; LASERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN PLASMA; PLASMA JETS; PROBES; THERMOCOUPLES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84870994174     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2222391     Document Type: Article

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