Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11114809
Keywords
atmospheric pressure plasma; low temperature plasma; disinfection; pathogen inactivation; plasma medicine; plasma agriculture
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- Technical University in Prague [SGS19/141/OHK1/3T/11]
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In recent years, cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) technology has garnered attention for its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental friendliness. It can be used to modify material surfaces and inactivate pathogens, with promising applications in medicine.
In recent years, cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAPP) technology has received substantial attention due to its valuable properties including operational simplicity, low running cost, and environmental friendliness. Several different gases (air, nitrogen, helium, argon) and techniques (corona discharge, dielectric barrier discharge, plasma jet) can be used to generate plasma at atmospheric pressure and low temperature. Plasma treatment is routinely used in materials science to modify the surface properties (e.g., wettability, chemical composition, adhesion) of a wide range of materials (e.g., polymers, textiles, metals, glasses). Moreover, CAPP seems to be a powerful tool for the inactivation of various pathogens (e.g., bacteria, fungi, viruses) in the food industry (e.g., food and packing material decontamination, shelf life extension), agriculture (e.g., disinfection of seeds, fertilizer, water, soil) and medicine (e.g., sterilization of medical equipment, implants). Plasma medicine also holds great promise for direct therapeutic treatments in dentistry (tooth bleaching), dermatology (atopic eczema, wound healing) and oncology (melanoma, glioblastoma). Overall, CAPP technology is an innovative, powerful and effective tool offering a broad application potential. However, its limitations and negative impacts need to be determined in order to receive regulatory approval and consumer acceptance.
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