Abstract

A conical assembly of six plasma jets arranged in a rectangular pattern for biomedical applications is presented. The conical configuration increases the separation distance between individual tubes within the assembly that reduces interference between individual plasma jets and enables the jets to converge at the output, facilitating more uniform treatment as opposed to plasma jet arrays operated in parallel. Electrical and optical diagnostics of the plasma discharges and measurements of H2O2 and NO2− production in de-ionized water are used to characterize the potential suitability of the device for biomedical applications. Particularly, it was found that the efficiency in H2O2 (an important bacterial disinfection agent) production by the conical assembly of six plasma jets was more than nine-fold higher compared to its single plasma jet counterpart and that this could be achieved at a biocompatible temperature of below 300 K. Therefore, the device may find use in biomedical applications, particularly where larger area treatments are required such as for certain wounds and cancer tumors that can span areas of tens of cm2.

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