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Protein destruction by atmospheric pressure glow discharges

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posted on 2009-08-20, 16:02 authored by Xu-Tao Deng, J.J. Shi, H.L. Chen, Michael G. Kong
It is well established that atmospheric pressure glow discharges are capable of bacterial inactivation. Much less known is their ability to destruct infectious proteins, even though surgical instruments are often contaminated by both bacteria and proteinaceous matters. In this letter, the authors present a study of protein destruction using a low-temperature atmospheric dielectric-barrier discharge jet. Clear evidences of protein removal are presented with data of several complimentary experiments using scanning electron microscopy, electron dispersive x-ray analysis, electrophoresis, laser-induced fluorescence microscopy, and protein reduction kinetics. Considerable degradation is observed of protein fragments that remain on their substrate surface after plasma treatment.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Citation

DENG, X.T. ... et al, 2007. Protein destruction by atmospheric pressure glow discharges. Applied Physics Letters, 90 (1), article 013903, pp.1-3.

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© American Institute of Physics

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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2007

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Copyright 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and the American Institute of Physics. This article appeared in the journal, Applied Physics Letters, and may be found at: http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/90/013903/1

ISSN

0003-6951;1077-3118

Language

  • en