Cold atmospheric plasma: a sustainable approach to inactivating viruses, bacteria, and protozoa with remediation of organic pollutants in river water and wastewater.

Innovative technologies are needed to enhance access to clean water and avoid waterborne diseases. We investigated the performance of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), a clean and sustainable approach for microbial inactivation and total organic carbon (TOC) degradation in environmental water. Water matrices played a crucial role in the performance of CAP efficacy; for example, complete removal of ɸX174 from dHO required 1 min of treatment, while ɸX174 reductions of ~ 2log and 4log were obtained after 10 min of CAP exposure in river water and wastewater samples, respectively.

Anomalous kinetic study of atenolol release from ATN@DNA a core-shell like structure.

The need for more efficient drug delivery strategies with ultraprecision and control over the release of drugs has led to the growth of more sophisticated drug-releasing systems as a promising alternative to conventional clinical therapies. This new seed of strategies has explored an encouraging property to overcome the inherent problems of traditional therapies. One of the major challenges for any drug delivery system is the introduction of a complete view of the delivery system.

Removal of chemical and microbial water pollutants by cold plasma combined with Ag/TiO-rGO nanoparticles.

This study aimed to investigate the synergistic effect of the cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) and heterogeneous photocatalytic processes in an aqueous solution to enhance water purification efficacy and reduce the energy cost required by CAP. 0.1% Ag/TiO-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoparticles (NPs) photo-composite were prepared and fully characterized.

Oxygen atoms are critical in rendering THP-1 leukaemia cells susceptible to cold physical plasma-induced apoptosis.

Cold physical plasma has been suggested as a powerful new tool in oncology. However, some cancer cells such as THP-1 leukaemia cells have been shown to be resistant towards plasma-induced cell death, thereby serving as a good model for optimizing plasmas in order to foster pro-apoptotic anticancer effects. A helium/oxygen radio frequency driven atmospheric plasma profoundly induced apoptosis in THP-1 cells whereas helium, humidified helium, and humidified helium/oxygen plasmas were inefficient.