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A two-dimensional cold atmospheric plasma jet array for uniform treatment of large-area surfaces for plasma medicine
For plasma treatment of inanimate surfaces and living tissues in
medicine, it is important to control plasmaâsample interactions and to mitigate
non-uniform treatments of usually uneven sample surfaces so that effectiveness
of application can be reproduced for different biological samples, relatively
independently of their varying surface topologies and material characters. This
paper reports a scalable two-dimensional (2D) array of seven cold atmospheric
plasma (CAP) jets intended to achieve these two important requirements as
well as to address the unique challenge of jetâjet interactions. While the CAP
jet array can be configured to interact with a biological sample in either a
direct mode (used with an in situ sample) or a remote mode (used as an
afterglow), this study focuses on the direct mode. Using a downstream planar
electrode as a sample model, the spatial distribution of reactive species and
electrons delivered by individual jets of the 2D CAP jet array attains excellent
uniformity. Specifically, the spatial variation over 100ÎŒs is 5.6 and 7.9%,
respectively, for wavelength-integrated optical emission intensity, and for atomic
oxygen emission intensity at 845 nm when the oxygen admixture is 0.5% of
the helium carrier gas. It is also shown that the highest emission intensity at
845 nm occurs at O2/He = 0.5% under the best jetâjet uniformity conditions for
O2/He = 0.3â0.7%. These results indicate the potential of 2D CAP jet arrays for uniform treatment and for effective control of jetâjet interactions. Furthermore,
spatial uniformity is accompanied by rich dynamics of jetâjet interactions and
jetâsample interactions. Of the honeycomb-arranged seven CAP jets, the central
jet is strongest in the negative half cycle, whereas the six surrounding jets
(of uniform strength) are strongest in the positive half cycle. These dynamic
features offer possible insights with which to better control jetâjet interactions
and plasmaâsurface interactions in future
Self-organized pattern formation of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet in a dielectric barrier discharge configuration
This letter reports the observation of self-organized patterns formed in a 29 mm wide atmospheric pressure plasma jet. By altering the gas flow rate and/or the applied voltage, the plasma jet is seen to have at least three different modes, namely, a diffuse-looking discharge, a self-organized discharge, and an unstable discharge with randomly occurring plasma channels. The self-organized discharge mode is characterized by several bright plasma channels embedded in a diffuse and dim plasma background. These plasma channels are regularly spaced from each other and their self-organized patterns are shown to evolve abruptly
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Ricin B chain targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum of tobacco protoplasts is degraded by a CDC48- and vacuole-independent mechanism
The B chain of ricin was expressed and delivered to the endoplasmic
reticulum of tobacco protoplasts where it disappeared
with time in a manner consistent with degradation. This turnover
did not occur in the vacuoles or upon secretion. Indeed,
several lines of evidence indicate that, in contrast to the turnover
of endoplasmic reticulum-targeted ricin A chain in the
cytosol, the bulk of expressed ricin B chain was degraded in the
secretory pathway
Self-organized pattern formation of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet in a dielectric barrier discharge configuration
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/90/221504/1This letter reports the observation of self-organized patterns formed in a 29 mm wide atmospheric pressure plasma jet. By altering the gas flow rate and/or the applied voltage, the plasma jet is seen to have at least three different modes, namely, a diffuse-looking discharge, a self-organized discharge, and an unstable discharge with randomly occurring plasma channels. The self-organized discharge mode is characterized by several bright plasma channels embedded in a diffuse and dim plasma background. These plasma channels are regularly spaced from each other and their self-organized patterns are shown to evolve abruptly
Electrocatalysis of the SiC particle-modified glassy carbon electrode for the oxidation of adrenaline
The electrocatalytic properties of the SiC particle-modified glassy carbon electrode (MGC) for adrenaline oxidation were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), double-potential step chronocoulometry (DPSCC), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques in McIlvaine buffer solution. It was shown that the electrode modified with SiC particles markedly displayed an electrocatalytic effect on the process of the electrochemical reaction of adrenaline, i.e., the activity and the reversibility of the MGC electrode has been significantly improved. This was attributed to the adsorption effect of the electroactive adrenaline molecules on the MGC electrode surface
Radiative Correction to the Casimir Energy for Penetrable Mirrors
The leading radiative correction to the Casimir energy for two parallel
penetrable mirrors is calculated within QED perturbation theory. It is found to
be of the order like the known radiative correction for ideally
reflecting mirrors from which it differs only by a monotonic, powerlike
function of the frequency at which the mirrors become transparent. This shows
that the radiative correction calculated recently by Kong and
Ravndal for ideally reflecting mirrors on the basis of effective field theory
methods remains subleading even for the physical case of penetrable mirrors.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, revtex, subm. to PR
Effect of ibuprofen on extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production and composition, and assessment of microbial structure by quantitative image analysis
A Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) with activated sludge was operated with synthetic wastewater containing ibuprofen (IBU) to investigate the biomass stress-responses under long-term IBU exposure. There were 3 different phases: phase I as the control without IBU for 56 days, phase II (40 days), and phase III (60 days) containing IBU at 10 and 5 mg L?1 each. The overall performance of the SBR as well as the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in terms of polysaccharides, proteins, and humic acid substances were estimated. Morphological parameters of microbial aggregates in the presence of IBU (phase II and phase III) were assessed by quantitative image analysis (QIA). Removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonium (NH4+) were significantly reduced by IBU. Loosely bound EPS (LB-EPS) decreased during phase II and phase III, and tightly bound EPS (TB-EPS) was slightly higher in phase II than phase I. TB-EPS proteins were greater in phase II, perhaps to protect microbial cells from IBU exposure. These findings provided insight into both activated sludge stress-responses and EPS composition under long-term IBU exposure. Spearman correlation showed that EPS and morphological parameters significantly affected sludge settleability and flocculation. QIA also proved to be a powerful technique in investigating dysfunctions in activated sludge under IBU exposure.The authors thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UIDB/
04469/2020 unit. The authors also acknowledge the financial support to
Antonio ÂŽ Melo through the grant number 240â20170220 provided by
Instituto Federal de Educaçao, Ë CiËencia e Tecnologia de Pernambuco
(IFPE). Daniela P. Mesquita and Cristina Quintelas thank FCT for
funding through program DL 57/2016 â Norma transitoria. ÂŽ The final
proofreading of this manuscript was carried out by BioMedES UK. (ww.
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