Low-temperature sterilization using gas plasmas: a review of the experiments and an analysis of the inactivation mechanisms.

By M. Moisan, J. Barbeau, S. Moreau, J. Pelletier, M. Tabrizian, L. Yahia. International journal of pharmaceutics, 2001

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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Atomic-scale simulations of reactive oxygen plasma species interacting with bacterial cell walls (2012, background): “The plasma species under study are O2 and O3 molecules, as well as O atoms, which were previously identified as being biomedically important (see [11, 20–24]).”
Low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma sources for microbial decontamination (2011, background): “In recent years many investigations have been made in order to identify the role of single plasma agents for the microorganism inactivation process (Moisan et al., 2001; Laroussi and Leipold, 2004; Boudam et al., 2006; Brandenburg et al., 2007; Gaunt et al., 2006).”
Nonthermal decontamination of biological media by atmospheric-pressure plasmas: review, analysis, and prospects (2002, background): “However, similar survivor curves (three-phases) were reported in low-pressure studies [7], [ 8 ].”
The respective roles of UV photons and oxygen atoms in plasma sterilization at reduced gas pressure: the case of N/sub 2/-O/sub 2/ mixtures (2002, methodology): “Our model [ 1 ], [4], [5], which concerns reduced-pressure discharges, reconciles many of the previous observations by calling for a synergistic effect of UV photons and oxygen atoms, this effect depending critically on the UV photon intensity, as we will show.”
Rapid Inactivation of Airborne Bacteria Using Atmospheric Pressure Dielectric Barrier Grating Discharge (2007, methodology): “This is analogous to etching (“strong etching,” as described by Park [31] and Moisan [32]).”