Implantation of silver particles in porous ceramic via atmospheric pressure plasma jet system for the antimicrobial treatment of rainwater

Authors

  • Astrid Jireh D. Deang ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences, University of the Philippines Baguio
  • Giovanni M. Malapit ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences, University of the Philippines Baguio
  • Ivan B. Culaba ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

Argon plasma was generated using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet system to sputter silver ions for mullite coating. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was used to determine the dominant species in the plasma together with the calculation of electron temperature at 1.6873 eV, verifying the generation of cold plasma. X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) result reveals the presence of silver particles in the treated ceramic sample. Using this sample, rainwater was filtered for bacterial testing confirming initial probable antibacterial activity. The heterotrophic plate count (HPC) of the rainwater filtered with the treated ceramic was lessened up to 51% compared to the control sample.

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Article ID

SPP-2017-2D-05

Section

Plasma and Earth Physics

Published

2017-05-25

How to Cite

[1]
AJD Deang, GM Malapit, and IB Culaba, Implantation of silver particles in porous ceramic via atmospheric pressure plasma jet system for the antimicrobial treatment of rainwater, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 35, SPP-2017-2D-05 (2017). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/160.