Application of nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge for biomedical treatment of topographically non-uniform surfaces Academic Article

abstract

• Antimicrobial effectiveness of a nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was investigated and compared with that of a microsecond-pulsed DBD. Experiments were conducted on the Escherichia coli bacteria covering a topographically non-uniform agar surface acting as one of the DBD electrodes. They reveal that the nanosecond-pulsed DBD can inactivate bacteria in recessed areas whereas the microsecond-pulsed and conventional DBDs fail to do so. Charged species (electrons and ions) appear to play the major role in the bacteria inactivation with the nanosecond-pulsed DBD. Moreover, the nanosecond-pulsed DBD kills bacteria significantly faster than its microsecond-pulsed counterpart. 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Staack, David

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

• Ayan, H., Staack, D., Fridman, G., Gutsol, A., Mukhin, Y., Starikovskii, A., Fridman, A., & Friedman, G.

citation count

• 106

complete list of authors

• Ayan, H||Staack, D||Fridman, G||Gutsol, A||Mukhin, Y||Starikovskii, A||Fridman, A||Friedman, G

publication date

• June 2009

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 51 Physical Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/0022-3727/42/12/125202

start page

• 125202

end page

• 125202

volume

• 42

issue

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/42/12/125202