GENERATION OF NONTHERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA IN MICROCHANNEL REACTOR AND INDUCTION OF CELL DEATH BY AN ELECTRIC FIELD OF PLASMA

摘要

This paper reports the construction of a microchannel reactor that eliminates arc transitions and streamer generation under atmospheric conditions. The micromachined dielectric barrier discharge reactor suppresses streamer generation resulting in homogeneous discharges even in a high electric field of 170kV/cm. Only electric field without discharge exists in the microchannel reactor when cells suspended in a fluid are passed through the reactor. The electric field of NTAP induces cell death.