Nitrogen Shielding of an Argon Plasma Jet and Its Effects on Human Immune Cells

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 776-781

  Bekeschus, Sander ^a   Iséni, Sylvain ^a   Reuter, Stephan ^a   Masur, Kai ^a   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma jet; gas curtain; hydrogen peroxide; immune cells; plasma medicine

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELL DEATH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOW OF GASES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GASES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LAMINAR FLOW; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; IMMUNE CELLS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLASMA MEDICINES; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 85027933113     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2015.2393379     Document Type: Article

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