Molecular mechanism of plasma sterilization in solution with the reduced pH method: Importance of permeation of HOO radicals into the cell membrane

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2013, Pages

  Takai, Eisuke ^a   Ikawa, Satoshi ^b   Kitano, Katsuhisa ^c   Kuwabara, Junpei ^a   Shiraki, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; HYDROPEROXY RADICAL; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PLASMA STERILIZATION; PLASMA TREATMENT; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; THEORETICAL MODELS;

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; PH; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

EID: 84879967673     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/29/295402     Document Type: Article

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