Xinchen Jiang, Suikai Wang, Jing Ha, Fucheng Liu, Shoujie He, Qing Li
The microscopic dynamics and formation mechanism of Trichel pulse discharge are investigated. A nonequal current transient effect exists in the Trichel pulse discharge. By reducing the limiting current resistance, the simulated current waveforms of Trichel pulse discharge are qualitatively and quantitatively consistent with those in the experiment. The dominant positive ions vary at different stages, which originate from the evolution of dominant reactions for the generation and consumption of charged particles. The existence of positive and negative charged layers results in the attenuation of the electric field at the rising edge of the Trichel pulse. The formation of the Trichel pulse originates from the changes in spatial charge density, resulting in alterations in the spatial electric field and ionization rate.
{"title":"Microscopic dynamics and mechanism of Trichel pulse discharge","authors":"Xinchen Jiang, Suikai Wang, Jing Ha, Fucheng Liu, Shoujie He, Qing Li","doi":"10.1002/ppap.202300196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202300196","url":null,"abstract":"The microscopic dynamics and formation mechanism of Trichel pulse discharge are investigated. A nonequal current transient effect exists in the Trichel pulse discharge. By reducing the limiting current resistance, the simulated current waveforms of Trichel pulse discharge are qualitatively and quantitatively consistent with those in the experiment. The dominant positive ions vary at different stages, which originate from the evolution of dominant reactions for the generation and consumption of charged particles. The existence of positive and negative charged layers results in the attenuation of the electric field at the rising edge of the Trichel pulse. The formation of the Trichel pulse originates from the changes in spatial charge density, resulting in alterations in the spatial electric field and ionization rate.","PeriodicalId":20135,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Processes and Polymers","volume":"143 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139475568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleksandra Lavrikova, Nitin Chandra Teja Dadi, Helena Bujdáková, Karol Hensel
Cold plasma finds considerable interest in biodecontamination. A major issue is to elucidate the pathways of plasma–bacteria interaction. The present work aims at studying inactivation mechanisms for planktonic bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus induced by cold plasma generated by a transient spark discharge. Changes in bacterial viability, metabolic activity, membrane integrity, intracellular reactive oxygen species level, and cell morphology reveal different patterns of cellular damage of the bacteria. Our results emphasize the importance of cell membrane integrity and maintenance of intracellular redox balatnce to resist plasma treatment. The physicochemical properties of the plasma-treated liquid (PTL) are monitored. Acidification and accumulation of various reactive species including •OH, H2O2, ONOOH, and NO3− in PTL play crucial roles in bacterial inactivation.
{"title":"Inactivation pathways of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureusinduced by transient spark discharge in liquids","authors":"Aleksandra Lavrikova, Nitin Chandra Teja Dadi, Helena Bujdáková, Karol Hensel","doi":"10.1002/ppap.202300147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202300147","url":null,"abstract":"Cold plasma finds considerable interest in biodecontamination. A major issue is to elucidate the pathways of plasma–bacteria interaction. The present work aims at studying inactivation mechanisms for planktonic bacteria <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> induced by cold plasma generated by a transient spark discharge. Changes in bacterial viability, metabolic activity, membrane integrity, intracellular reactive oxygen species level, and cell morphology reveal different patterns of cellular damage of the bacteria. Our results emphasize the importance of cell membrane integrity and maintenance of intracellular redox balatnce to resist plasma treatment. The physicochemical properties of the plasma-treated liquid (PTL) are monitored. Acidification and accumulation of various reactive species including •OH, H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, ONOOH, and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> in PTL play crucial roles in bacterial inactivation.","PeriodicalId":20135,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Processes and Polymers","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139409144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Outside Front Cover: Plasma-activated CO2 and CH4 are expected to kinetically promote heterogeneous catalysis for efficient gas valorization via mostly vibrational excitation. Highlighting the importance of plasma-surface interaction, comparatively analyzing which type of plasma and catalysts is the most promising, by which the superiority of fluidized-bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor is confirmed. The fluidized bed with an enlarged catalyst surface and heat transfer augmentation enables better plasma-catalyst coupling and highly nonthermal properties. Fluidized-bed plasma catalysis reactor, powered by renewable energy, alternatively contributes to the electrification of chemical processes and thus reduces the net CO2 emission.
{"title":"Outside Front Cover: Plasma Process. Polym. 1/2024","authors":"Xiaozhong Chen, Hyun-Ha Kim, Tomohiro Nozaki","doi":"10.1002/ppap.202370027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.202370027","url":null,"abstract":"<b>Outside Front Cover</b>: Plasma-activated CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> are expected to kinetically promote heterogeneous catalysis for efficient gas valorization via mostly vibrational excitation. Highlighting the importance of plasma-surface interaction, comparatively analyzing which type of plasma and catalysts is the most promising, by which the superiority of fluidized-bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor is confirmed. The fluidized bed with an enlarged catalyst surface and heat transfer augmentation enables better plasma-catalyst coupling and highly nonthermal properties. Fluidized-bed plasma catalysis reactor, powered by renewable energy, alternatively contributes to the electrification of chemical processes and thus reduces the net CO<sub>2</sub> emission.","PeriodicalId":20135,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Processes and Polymers","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139376092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}