Research Article

N2 Gas Plasma Inactivates Influenza Virus by Inducing Changes in Viral Surface Morphology, Protein, and Genomic RNA

Figure 1

Experimental setup for N2 gas plasma production. (a) Schematic of N2 gas plasma instrument (BLT-TES No.1) used in this study. The distance between the high-voltage electrode and the earth electrode was 50 mm. N2 gas flow rate was 10 L/min. During N2 gas plasma generation, the sample box was kept at 0.5 atmospheric pressure. (b) Photograph of discharge region during generation of N2 gas plasma. A static induction (SI) thyristor was used as a pulsed power supply.
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