Inactivation of B. subtilis spores by low pressure plasma - Influence of optical filters and photon/particle fluxes on the inactivation efficiency

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Fiebrandt, Marcel ^a   Hillebrand, Bastian ^a   Lackmann, Jan Wilm ^a   Raguse, Marina ^b   Moeller, Ralf ^b   Awakowicz, Peter ^a   Stapelmann, Katharina ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

inactivation experiments; plasma sterilization; spectroscopy; wavelength dependent sporicidal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BACTERIOLOGY; BANDPASS FILTERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MONOCHROMATORS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; LOW PRESSURE PLASMA; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; PLASMA EXPERIMENTS; PLASMA STERILIZATION; SPORICIDAL; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85040671997     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa9f0a     Document Type: Article

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