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Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has gaining potential, and very effective to curb or deactivate the various microorganisms such as bacteria and virus. Lately, the major outbreak SARS-CoV-2 infection has affected humanity largely with added complexity of its ability to mutate to variants such as Omicron. We have earlier shown the effectiveness of CAP on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and, in this study, we have evaluated the effectiveness of CAP to deactivate Omicron. We studied the ability of the binding of Angiotensin converting Enzyme Protein (ACE2) protein to the plasma treated spike S1-S2 protein and spike Receptor binding domain (RBD) using Cold atmospheric plasma direct treatment as well as Plasma activated water (PAW). Results have shown the binding efficiency of Omicron spike protein to ACE2 decrease with increase in treatment time with both direct treatment and PAW as evidenced using spectroscopic techniques. The reactive species (RONS) play a major role in the efficient deactivation of the binding of ACE2 to the Omicron spike protein. Correspondingly, the comparison between the efficiency between direct treatment and PAW has also been discussed.
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Publishing original papers on fundamental and applied research in plasma chemistry and plasma processing, the scope of this journal includes processing plasmas ranging from non-thermal plasmas to thermal plasmas, and fundamental plasma studies as well as studies of specific plasma applications. Such applications include but are not limited to plasma catalysis, environmental processing including treatment of liquids and gases, biological applications of plasmas including plasma medicine and agriculture, surface modification and deposition, powder and nanostructure synthesis, energy applications including plasma combustion and reforming, resource recovery, coupling of plasmas and electrochemistry, and plasma etching. Studies of chemical kinetics in plasmas, and the interactions of plasmas with surfaces are also solicited. It is essential that submissions include substantial consideration of the role of the plasma, for example, the relevant plasma chemistry, plasma physics or plasma–surface interactions; manuscripts that consider solely the properties of materials or substances processed using a plasma are not within the journal’s scope.