Cold plasma jets made of a syringe needle covered with a glass tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1234-1238

  Cho, Guangsup ^a   Lim, Hyungyo ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Jin, Dong Jun ^a   Kwon, Gi Chung ^a   Choi, Eun Ha ^a   Uhm, Han Sup ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure discharge; biomedical plasma; cold plasma; plasma jet; plasma plume

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; GLASS; GROUNDING ELECTRODES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEEDLES; PLASMA JETS; SYRINGES; THERMAL PLUMES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DISCHARGE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COLD PLASMAS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; IGNITION VOLTAGE; PLASMA CURRENTS; PLASMA PLUMES; VOLTAGE INCREASE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85027931898     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2124473     Document Type: Article

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