Rapid degradation of protein using gas-liquid interface plasma

Abstract

In order to evaluate the performance of the decomposition rate of gas-liquid interface plasma for the decomposition of polymers, we decomposed proteins known as persistent polymers. We have compared our data with those by the reported method of microbubble-assisted plasma in water. In the case of microbubble-assisted plasma in water, it took 60 minutes for reducing 0.1 mg/mL down to 0.01 mg/L or less, whereas in the case of our method, it took only 3 minutes.