Investigation of plasma-organic materials interaction in aqueous solution with atmospheric pressure plasmas

26th Symposium on Plasma Sciences for Materials

物理学;材料科学

Takenaka, K.^1 ; Miyazaki, A.^1 ; Setsuhara, Y.^1

Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, 11-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan^1

关键词: Absorption peaks;    Atmospheric pressure plasmas;    Gas/liquid interface;    Optical emission spectra;    Organic materials;    Plasma exposure;    Plasma exposure time;    UV-vis spectroscopy;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/518/1/012019/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/518/1/012019

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

An investigation was carried out into the interaction of an atmospheric pressure plasma with an organic material in an aqueous solution. The degradation of methylene blue (MB) by plasma exposure through the gas/liquid interface was studied. In the optical emission spectrum of the plasma, in addition to strong He emission lines, emissions due to O and OH radicals formed by dissociation of water were present. The change in the absorbance of a MB aqueous solution during plasma exposure was measured using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The absorption peak intensity decreased with plasma exposure time and complete decolorization occurred after 10 min. Since plasma exposure was found to decrease the pH of water, the effect of changes in pH on MB degradation in the absence of a plasma was investigated using solutions with different pH values. However, varying the pH was found to have no influence on MB degradation. The results indicated that MB degradation occurred due to interactions between MB and radicals across the plasma/liquid interface.