Title :
Sterilization of microorganism spores with plasma-excited neutral gas at atmospheric pressure
Author :
Matsui, Kei ; Ikenaga, Noriaki ; Sakudo, Noriyuki
Author_Institution :
Sci. R&D Center, Kanazawa Inst. of Technol., Ishikawa, Japan
Abstract :
In recent years, atmospheric pressure plasma has attracted much attention in industrial fields, since it can be easily generated with simple equipment that excludes evacuation systems and, accordingly, it enables continuous processing of various materials in air. The practical use of the specific effects of energetic particles in plasma, such as ions, electrons, and radicals, is expected.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; microorganisms; plasma applications; plasma production; sterilisation (microbiological); Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores; atmospheric pressure plasma; energetic particles; industrial fields; microorganism spores; mixing ratio; plasma generation; plasma products; plasma source gas; plasma-excited gas molecules; plasma-excited neutral gas; process monitoring; radicals; reactive neutral particles; reactor chamber; relative humidity; sterilization effects;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Sciences (ICOPS), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antalya
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2015.7179789
