RRC ID 70125
Author Ken Mizoi, Vicente Rodríguez-González, Mao Sasaki, Shoki Suzuki, Kaede Honda, Naoya Ishida, Norihiro Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kuchitsu, Takeshi Kondo, Makoto Yuasa, Akira Fujishima, Katsuya Teshima, Chiaki Terashima
Title Interactions between pH, reactive species, and cells in plasma-activated water can remove algae
Journal RSC Advances
Abstract PAW is effective in inactivating microorganisms. We have measured a local pH to reveal the mechanism of algicidal effect in PAW. This is because protons pumped from the cell generate peroxynitrite around the cell to generate an acidic region.
Volume 12
Pages 7626-7634
Published 2022-1-1
DOI 10.1039/d1ra07774k
IF 3.119
Resource
Algae NIES-2170