scholarly journals Sterilization of beehive material with a double inductively coupled low pressure plasma

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (37) ◽  
pp. 374002 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Priehn ◽  
B Denis ◽  
P Aumeier ◽  
W H Kirchner ◽  
P Awakowicz ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 1939-1951 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Rossi ◽  
Ondrej Kylián ◽  
Hubert Rauscher ◽  
Douglas Gilliland ◽  
Lucel Sirghi

Nonequilibrium low-pressure plasma discharges are extensively studied for their applications in the field of decontamination and sterilization of medical devices. The aim of this contribution is to discuss and demonstrate feasibility of oxygen low-pressure inductively coupled plasma (ICP) discharges for removal of various kinds of biological contamination. We demonstrate the ability of ICP discharges for the sterilization of bacterial spores and the removal of biological contamination from proteins and pyrogens.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ming DENG ◽  
Ke-Song ZHOU ◽  
Min LIU ◽  
Chang-Guang DENG ◽  
Jin-Bing SONG ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 3852
Author(s):  
Bongjun Gu ◽  
Dongwook Ko ◽  
Sungjin Jo ◽  
Dong Choon Hyun ◽  
Hyeon-Ju Oh ◽  
...  

Wrinkles attract significant attention due to their ability to enhance the mechanical and optical characteristics of various optoelectronic devices. We report the effect of the plasma gas type, power, flow rate, and treatment time on the wrinkle features. When an optical adhesive was treated using a low-pressure plasma of oxygen, argon, and nitrogen, the oxygen and argon plasma generated wrinkles with the lowest and highest wavelengths, respectively. The increase in the power of the nitrogen and oxygen plasma increased the wavelengths and heights of the wrinkles; however, the increase in the power of the argon plasma increased the wavelengths and decreased the heights of the wrinkles. Argon molecules are heavier and smaller than nitrogen and oxygen molecules that have similar weights and sizes; moreover, the argon plasma comprises positive ions while the oxygen and nitrogen plasma comprise negative ions. This resulted in differences in the wrinkle features. It was concluded that a combination of different plasma gases could achieve exclusive control over either the wavelength or the height and allow a thorough analysis of the correlation between the wrinkle features and the characteristics of the electronic devices.


Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Naeem Ahmed ◽  
Asad Masood ◽  
Kim S. Siow ◽  
M. F. Mohd Razip Wee ◽  
Rahmat Zaki Auliya ◽  
...  

In general, seed germination is improved by low-pressure plasma (LPP) treatment using precursors such as air, nitrogen, argon, or water (H2O). Here, H2O-based LPP treatment using the optimized parameters of 10 W and 10 s improves the germination of Bambara groundnut seeds by 22%. LPP increases the wettability and roughness of the seed hilum while oxidizing the surface with carboxyl and amine groups. In this H2O-based treatment of Bambara groundnut seeds, combinatory etching and chemical modification facilitated the imbibition process and increased the germination percentage. The success of this method has the potential to be scaled up to solve food security with seeds otherwise facing germination-related issues.


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