Principles of Nonthermal Plasma Decontamination

Cold Plasma in Food and Agriculture: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 143-177

  Patil, S ^a   Bourke, P ^a   Cullen, P J ^a,b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell membrane integrity; Cell morphology; DNA; Kinetics of microbial inactivation; Nonthermal plasma; Protein; Reactive nitrogen species; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; CYTOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION; DNA; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS;

CELL MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MICROBIAL INACTIVATION; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 85017364366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801365-6.00006-8     Document Type: Chapter

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