2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Selective sterilization utilizing discharge plasma and additive
| Project/Area Number |
23656198
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery
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| Research Institution | Toyohashi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKASHIMA Kazunori 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60303707)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIZUNO Akira 豊橋技術科学大学, 環境・生命工学系, 教授 (20144199)
KURITA Hirofumi 豊橋技術科学大学, 環境・生命工学系, 助教 (70512177)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | プラズマ / 殺菌 / ウイルス / 不活化 |
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| Research Abstract |
For the study of mechanism of plasma sterilization and / or inactivation of viruses, a simple experimental system using bacteriophage, which consists of nucleic acid and coat protein was developed. In this experimental system, coat protein and nucleic acids can be analyzed separately. Therefore it enables to determine which damage is more fatal to the phase activity -- damage on coat protein or damage on nucleic acid.
Experimental results suggest that inactivation of lambda phage using dielectric barrier discharge plasma can be ascribed to a damage on the coat protein rather than the nucleic acid.
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