Microbial Inactivation by Electric Discharge with Metallic Grid

• Authors: V. Scholtz , E. Kvasničková , J. Julák
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The area of microbial inactivation by the low-temperature plasma produced by DC electric cometary discharge is increased by insertion of an electrically insulated metallic grid between the discharge and the target object. Gram-negative bacteria are almost fully inactivated; an additional zone of incomplete inactivation appears for Gram-positive bacteria and yeasts.

Keywords

EN

52.50.Dg; 52.75.-d; 52.80.Hc; 52.80.-s; 87.19.xb

Discipline

• 87.19.xb: Bacterial diseases
• 52.80.-s: Electric discharges(see also 51.50.+v Electrical properties of gases; for plasma reactions including flowing afterglow and electric discharges, see 82.33.Xj in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
• 52.80.Hc: Glow; corona
• 52.75.-d: Plasma devices(for ion sources, see 29.25.Lg, Ni; for plasma sources, see 52.50.Dg)
• 52.50.Dg: Plasma sources

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 62-65

Dates

published

2013-07

received

2012-08-22

(unknown)

2013-04-02

Contributors

author

V. Scholtz

• Department of Physics and Measurements, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Praha, Czech Republic

author

E. Kvasničková

• Department of Physics and Measurements, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Praha, Czech Republic

author

J. Julák

• Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Studnickova 7, 128 00, Praha, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.124.62