中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (10): 105203-105203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/10/105203

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The interaction of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet using argon or argon plus hydrogen peroxide vapour addition with bacillus subtilis

邓三喜1, 程诚1, 倪国华1, 孟月东1, 陈华2   

  1. (1)Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; (2)Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-12-21 修回日期:2010-03-05 出版日期:2010-10-15 发布日期:2010-10-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Science Foundation of Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 085FZ10134).

The interaction of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet using argon or argon plus hydrogen peroxide vapour addition with bacillus subtilis

Deng San-Xi(邓三喜)a),Cheng Cheng(程诚)a), Ni Guo-Hua(倪国华)a), Meng Yue-Dong(孟月东)a), and Chen Hua(陈华)b)   

  1. a Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; b Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2009-12-21 Revised:2010-03-05 Online:2010-10-15 Published:2010-10-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Science Foundation of Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 085FZ10134).

摘要: This paper reports that an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge plasma jet, which uses argon or argon + hydrogen peroxide vapour as the working gas, is designed to sterilize the bacillus subtilis. Compared with the pure argon plasma, the bacterial inactivation efficacy has a significant improvement when hydrogen peroxide vapour is added into the plasma jet. In order to determine which factors play the main role in inactivation, several methods are used, such as determination of optical emission spectra, high temperature dry air treatment, protein leakage quantification, and scanning electron microscope. These results indicate that the possible inactivation mechanisms are the synergistic actions of chemically active species and charged species.

Abstract: This paper reports that an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge plasma jet, which uses argon or argon + hydrogen peroxide vapour as the working gas, is designed to sterilize the bacillus subtilis. Compared with the pure argon plasma, the bacterial inactivation efficacy has a significant improvement when hydrogen peroxide vapour is added into the plasma jet. In order to determine which factors play the main role in inactivation, several methods are used, such as determination of optical emission spectra, high temperature dry air treatment, protein leakage quantification, and scanning electron microscope. These results indicate that the possible inactivation mechanisms are the synergistic actions of chemically active species and charged species.

Key words: atmospheric pressure, plasma jet, hydrogen peroxide vapour, inactivation mechanisms, synergistic actions

中图分类号:  (Plasma devices)

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52.77.-j (Plasma applications) 52.80.Tn (Other gas discharges) 87.80.-y (Biophysical techniques (research methods))