Research Article
Chemistry for Antimicrobial Properties of Water Treated With Non-Equilibrium Plasma
Arben Kojtari1, Utku K Ercan2, Josh Smith1, Gary Friedman3, Richard B Sensenig2, Somedev Tyagi4, Suresh G Joshi2#, Hai-Feng Ji1* and Ari D Brooks2#1Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, USA
2Surgical Infection Research Program, Drexel University College of Medicine, USA
3Department of Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, USA
4Department of Physics, Drexel University, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Hai-Feng Ji
Department of Chemistry
Drexel University, USA
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Received date: November 19, 2013; Accepted date: December 17, 2013; Published date: December 19, 2013
Citation: Kojtari A, Ercan UK, Smith J, Friedman G, Sensenig RB, et al. (2013) Chemistry for Antimicrobial Properties of Water Treated With Non-Equilibrium Plasma. J Nanomedine Biotherapeutic Discov 4:120. doi:10.4172/2155-983X.1000120
Copyright: © 2013 Kojtari A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Water demonstrates antimicrobial properties after it is treated with room temperature non-thermal plasma. In this work, we have applied UV spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Electron Spin Resonance, and Mass spectroscopy experiments to investigate chemical species in water treated with non-thermal plasma. We propose that HONOO may be the major species contributing to the antimicrobial effects of this solution. However, it is also possible that the antimicrobial effect is due to the combination of all the radicals and oxidants in the solution
