Abstract
Cold atmospheric plasma jet (CAPJ) is one of the latest and most promising techniques for potential cancer treatment and other biomedical applications. Due to the direct contact of air, the jet is sensitive to the parameters of the local environment such as relative humidity (RH). In a RH controlled chamber, the electron density of a helium CAPJ is measured using the Rayleigh microwave scattering method, and its optical emission spectroscopy (OES) is recorded using a spectrometer. A decreasing electron density along with the increasing RH is thus revealed, while the humidity effect on OES at a high discharge voltage is increased. These trends imply a shift of electron energy distribution function (EEDF) due to extra attachments of electrons as the physics behind such a phenomenon. This hypothesis is supported by a computation of the mean electron temperature and EEDF based on the electron density we measured and a plasma chemistry model. Therefore, this report is a basis of future CAPJ stabilization development, which is a necessity of reliable biomedical applications, such as an active control loop to make CAPJ immune to any accident environmental disturbance during a plasma-based cancer surgery.
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