| Title | Characteristics of 2.45 GHz Surface-Wave-Sustained Argon Discharge for Bio-Medical Applications |
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| ID_Doc | 18142 |
| Authors | Benova, E; Marinova, P; Tafradjiiska-Hadjiolova, R; Sabit, Z; Bakalov, D; Valchev, N; Traikov, L; Hikov, T; Tsonev, I; Bogdanov, T |
| Title | Characteristics of 2.45 GHz Surface-Wave-Sustained Argon Discharge for Bio-Medical Applications |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | Applied Sciences-Basel, 12.0, 3 |
| Abstract | Feature Application A cold microwave plasma torch operating at low wave power at atmospheric pressure can be successfully used for treatment of biological systems in medicine and agriculture without thermal damage and any unwanted and unacceptable effects of the microwave radiation but with high bactericidal, virucidal and fungicidal effects without the use of harmful chemicals. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) applications in various fields, such as biology, medicine and agriculture, have significantly grown during recent years. Many new types of plasma sources operating at atmospheric pressure in open air were developed. In order to use such plasmas for the treatment of biological systems, plasma properties should fulfil strong requirements. One of the most important is the prevention from heating damage. That is why in many cases, the post-discharge region is used for treatment, but the short living particles in the active discharge zone and reactions with them are missed in that case. We use the active region of surface-wave-sustained argon plasma for biological systems treatment. The previous investigations showed good bactericidal, virucidal, seeds germination and decontamination effects at a short treatment time, but the discharge conditions for bio-medical applications need specific adjustment. A detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of the plasma characteristics and their possible optimization in order to meet the requirements for bio-medical applications are presented in this paper. The length of the plasma torch, the temperature at the treatment sample position and the microwave radiation there are estimated and optimized by the appropriate choice of discharge tube size, argon flow rate and microwave power. |
| https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/969/pdf?version=1642585532 |
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