Non-equilibrium nanoscale nanosecond plasma discharge in liquid for biomedic al applications

Author

Alamia, John A. ; Friedman, Gennady ; Narang, Prineha ; Starikovskiy, Andrey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Generation of plasma in liquid phase and at liquid interfaces has been previously restricted to thermal plasma for a variety of applications. The new and emerging field of plasma medicine provides a clear demand for development of non-thermal plasma for generation in liquid phase and at liquid interfaces. Primary application of such plasma includes sterilization applications for prosthetic implants related both to generation of reactive oxygen species as well as activation of antibiotics contained within the polymerized surfaces of the implants.

Keywords

corona; discharges (electric); plasma applications; prosthetics; sterilisation (microbiological); antibiotics; biomedical applications; carbon nano-tubes; non-equilibrium corona; non-equilibrium nanoscale nanosecond plasma discharge; polymerized surfaces; prosthetic implants; reactive oxygen; thermal plasma; Application software; Biomedical engineering; Conductivity; Corona; Implants; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Power engineering and energy; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5474-7

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2010.5534016

Filename

5534016