Emerging applications of plasmas in medicine: Fashion versus efficacy

Low Temperature Plasma Technology: Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 419-442

  Jiang, Chunqi ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONIZATION OF GASES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; NEUTRAL SPECIES; NON-THERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; REACTIVE CHEMICALS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 85052774471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b15153     Document Type: Chapter

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