Abstract
Atmospheric plasmas have been applied for the inactivation of microorganisms. Industrials demand to investigate the relation of the key reactive species induced by plasmas and the operating parameters including boundary conditions in order to control plasma treatment processes. In this study, we investigated the effect of gap distance between a pin-electrode and water surface on inactivation efficacy. When the gap distance decreased from 5 mm to 1 mm, the reduction of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was increased to more than 4 log CFU/mL. The reactive oxygen species measured optically and spectrophotometrically were influenced by gap distance. The results from electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis showed that the pin-to-water plasma generated hydroxyl radical (OH•) and singlet oxygen (1O2) in the water and superoxide radical (O2−•) served as a precursor of OH•. The inactivation of E. coli was significantly alleviated by sodium azide (1O2 scavenger), indicating that 1O2 contributes the most to bacterial inactivation. These findings provide a potentially effective strategy for bacterial inactivation using a pin-to-water plasma.
Funder
the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) funded by the Government funds, Republic of Korea
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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