Direct Treatment of Liquids Using Low-Current Arc in Ambient Air for Biomedical Applications
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Abstract
In this work, we developed a portable device with low production and operation costs for generating an ambient air low-current arc (AALCA) that is transferred to the surface of a treated liquid. It was possible to generate a stable discharge, irrespective of the conductivity of the treated liquid, as a sequence of corona, repeating spark, and low-current arc discharges. The estimated concentration of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) in plasma-treated water (PTW) produced using AALCA treatment was two orders of magnitude higher than that of PTW produced using conventional He nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jets or dielectric barrier discharges. The strong bactericidal effect of the treatment using AALCA and the water treated using AALCA was confirmed by survival tests of Escherichia coli. Further, the possibility of treating a continuous flow of liquid using AALCA was demonstrated.
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OpenAlex topics: Plasma Applications and Diagnostics · Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics · Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
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Affiliations
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
Center for Low-Temperature Plasma Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
Funding
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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