| Title: | Cold plasma within a stable supercavitation bubble - a breakthrough technology for efficient inactivation of viruses in water |
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| Authors: | ID Filipić, Arijana (Author)
ID Dobnik, David (Author)
ID Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Ion (Author)
ID Ravnikar, Maja (Author)
ID Košir, Tamara (Author)
ID Baebler, Špela (Author)
ID Štern, Alja (Author)
ID Žegura, Bojana (Author)
ID Petkovšek, Martin (Author)
ID Dular, Matevž (Author)
ID Mozetič, Miran (Author)
ID Zaplotnik, Rok (Author)
ID Primc, Gregor (Author) |
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 URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108285
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | Water scarcity, one of the most pressing challenges we face today, has developed for many reasons, including the increasing number of waterborne pollutants that affect the safety of the water environment. Waterborne human, animal and plant viruses represent huge health, environmental, and financial burden and thus it is important to efficiently inactivate them. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to construct a unique device combining plasma with supercavitation and to evaluate its efficiency for water decontamination with the emphasis on inactivation of viruses. High inactivation (>5 log10 PFU/mL) of bacteriophage MS2, a human enteric virus surrogate, was achieved after treatment of 0.43 L of recirculating water for up to 4 min. The key factors in the inactivation were short-lived reactive plasma species that damaged viral RNA. Water treated with plasma for a short time required for successful virus inactivation did not cause cytotoxic effects in the in vitro HepG2 cell model system or adverse effects on potato plant physiology. Therefore, the combined plasma-supercavitation device represents an environmentally-friendly technology that could provide contamination-free and safe water. |
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| Keywords: | cold plasma, hydrodynamic cavitation, supercavitation, virus inactivation, water decontamination, toxicity assays |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.12.2023 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-10 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 182, [art. no] ǂ108285 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-20896  |
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| UDC: | 533 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0160-4120 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108285 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 170521347 |
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| Note: | Soavtorji: David Dobnik, Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Maja Ravnikar, Tamara Košir, Špela Baebler, Alja Štern, Bojana Žegura, Martin Petkovšek, Matevž Dular, Miran Mozetič, Rok Zaplotnik, Gregor Primc;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 28.11.2024 |
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