Sterilization/disinfection of medical devices using plasma: the flowing afterglow of the reduced-pressure N2-O2 discharge as the inactivating medium
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys., 63 1 (2013) 10001
Published online: 2013-07-10
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