Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources

The biological effects of atmospheric cold plasma generated reactive species are mediated through and at a liquid interface. The diversity of antimicrobial efficacy or intensity of effects may differ with respect to the plasma device or set up, and it is important to understand how these differences...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Niquet, Rijana, Boehm, Daniela, Schnabel, Uta, Cullen, P.J., Bourke, Paula, Ehlbeck, Jörg
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-VCH Verlag 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47981/
_version_ 1848797662602592256
author Niquet, Rijana
Boehm, Daniela
Schnabel, Uta
Cullen, P.J.
Bourke, Paula
Ehlbeck, Jörg
author_facet Niquet, Rijana
Boehm, Daniela
Schnabel, Uta
Cullen, P.J.
Bourke, Paula
Ehlbeck, Jörg
author_sort Niquet, Rijana
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description The biological effects of atmospheric cold plasma generated reactive species are mediated through and at a liquid interface. The diversity of antimicrobial efficacy or intensity of effects may differ with respect to the plasma device or set up, and it is important to understand how these differences occur to advance understanding and successful applications. Thus, plasma treated water (PTW) from a microwave driven plasma source (PTW-MW) and plasma treated water from a di-electric barrier discharge system (PTW-DBD) were compared in terms of long lived reactive species chemical composition and antimicrobial activity. The influence of a post-treatment storage time (PTST), where reactive species in the gas phase were maintained in contact with the liquid was investigated. Nitrogen-based chemistry dominated in PTW-MW, with high concentrations of nitrous acid decomposing to nitrite and nitrate, while H2O2 and nitrate were predominant in PTW-DBD. PTST could enhance H2O2 concentrations in di-electric barrier PTW over time while nitrous acid, the main oxidative species in microwave driven PTW, decreased. This work highlights that plasma treated water presents a resource comprising a range of different compounds, stabilities and reactivities which may be tunable to specific applications.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T20:07:27Z
format Article
id nottingham-47981
institution University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T20:07:27Z
publishDate 2017
publisher Wiley-VCH Verlag
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling nottingham-479812020-05-04T19:16:41Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47981/ Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources Niquet, Rijana Boehm, Daniela Schnabel, Uta Cullen, P.J. Bourke, Paula Ehlbeck, Jörg The biological effects of atmospheric cold plasma generated reactive species are mediated through and at a liquid interface. The diversity of antimicrobial efficacy or intensity of effects may differ with respect to the plasma device or set up, and it is important to understand how these differences occur to advance understanding and successful applications. Thus, plasma treated water (PTW) from a microwave driven plasma source (PTW-MW) and plasma treated water from a di-electric barrier discharge system (PTW-DBD) were compared in terms of long lived reactive species chemical composition and antimicrobial activity. The influence of a post-treatment storage time (PTST), where reactive species in the gas phase were maintained in contact with the liquid was investigated. Nitrogen-based chemistry dominated in PTW-MW, with high concentrations of nitrous acid decomposing to nitrite and nitrate, while H2O2 and nitrate were predominant in PTW-DBD. PTST could enhance H2O2 concentrations in di-electric barrier PTW over time while nitrous acid, the main oxidative species in microwave driven PTW, decreased. This work highlights that plasma treated water presents a resource comprising a range of different compounds, stabilities and reactivities which may be tunable to specific applications. Wiley-VCH Verlag 2017-11-07 Article PeerReviewed Niquet, Rijana, Boehm, Daniela, Schnabel, Uta, Cullen, P.J., Bourke, Paula and Ehlbeck, Jörg (2017) Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources. Plasma Processes and Polymers . ISSN 1612-8869 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppap.201700127/full doi:10.1002/ppap.201700127 doi:10.1002/ppap.201700127
spellingShingle Niquet, Rijana
Boehm, Daniela
Schnabel, Uta
Cullen, P.J.
Bourke, Paula
Ehlbeck, Jörg
Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title_full Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title_fullStr Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title_full_unstemmed Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title_short Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources
title_sort characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and dbd sources
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47981/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47981/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47981/