DocumentCode
731163
Title
Investigation of bacterial inactivation by various gas plasmas and electron microscopic observation of treated bacteria
Author
Takamatsu, Toshihiro ; Azuma, Takeshi ; Kobayashi, Tomohiro ; Kawano, Hiroaki ; Sasaki, Yota ; Watanabe, Yosuke ; Matsumura, Yuriko ; Miyahara, Hidekazu ; Iwasawa, Atsuo ; Okino, Akitoshi
Author_Institution
Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan
fYear
2015
fDate
24-28 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
Our group succeeded in developing a multi-gas plasma jet, which can generate plasma from various gas species. Using this plasma source, reactive species can be investigated in detail, since they can be generated selectively by the supplied gas species. This study aims to investigate the amount of reactive species generated by various gas plasmas, find reactive species that can inactivate bacteria and observe treated bacteria using electron microscope.
Keywords
biological techniques; electron microscopes; microorganisms; plasma applications; plasma jets; bacterial inactivation; electron microscopy; gas plasmas; multigas plasma jet; treated bacteria; Carbon dioxide; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Plasmas; Scanning electron microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Sciences (ICOPS), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Antalya
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2015.7179641
Filename
7179641
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