Numerical simulation of radio frequency atmospheric pressure glow discharges for the applications in the microbial genome mutation

Summary form only given. Due to the outstanding features of the radio-frequency atmospheric-pressure glow discharge (RF PAGD) plasma sources produced using a plasma generator with a pair of water-cooled bare-metallic electrode configuration, such as the low capital cost, low and controllable gas temperature, high number densities of chemically reactive species, flexible operation procedure, etc., it would have bright prospects in the biological fields for the treatment of organisms. In this paper, the characteristics of the RF APGDs and their applications in the genome mutation for the improvement of the industrial microbes1 are discussed.