Use of Low-Temperature Plasma in Practical Decontamination ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Various applications of low-temperature plasma *========================================================================================= - Decontamination of liquids and surfaces in praxis - Research and development in the fi elds of both – human health therapeutics and – veteri ****************************************************************************************** * Know-How & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** - Non-thermal plasma (NTP) arising in various electric discharges in air acts on living or production of many reactive oxygen substances (ROS) and reactive nitrogen substances (RNS) - NTP can be used to inactivate bacteria and fungi in small volumes of liquids or on vario enabling their disinfection or sterilization at ambient temperature. - Exposure of human skin without damage is possible, enabling not only disinfection, but a human skin and nails mycoses (dermatomycoses and onychomycoses). - Plenty of further NTP applications is described in literature, including surface modifi industry utilization, therapeutic use in stomatology, wound healing, up to cancer treatmen - We are able to generate NTP using various discharges, namely corona discharges of both n positive polarity, by patented discharge called cometary in the arrangement with or withou or by the Tesla transformer. ****************************************************************************************** * Selected publications ****************************************************************************************** - Julák J., Kříha V., Scholtz V.: Corona discharge: A simple method of its generation and bactericidal properties. Cz. J. Phys. 56, B1333–B1338 (2006). - Scholtz V., Julák J., Kříha V.: The microbicidal eff ect of low-temperature plasma gener discharge: Comparison of various microorganisms on an agar surface or in aqueous suspensio Process. Polym. 7, 237–243, (2010). - Soušková H., Scholtz V., Julák J., Kommová L., Savická D., Pazlarová J.: The survival of and yeasts under the low-temperature plasma generated in electrical discharge. Folia micro (2011). - Julák J., Janoušková O., Scholtz V., Holada K.: Inactivation of prions using electrical atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature. Plasma Process. Polym., 8, 316–323 (2011). - Scholtz V., Julák J.: Zařízení produkující nízkoteplotní plazma pomocí „kometárního“ DC atmosférického tlaku pro lokální dekontaminaci a sterilizaci. Užitný vzor 22149, Úřad prům vlastnictví ČR, 28. 4. 2011. - Julák J., Scholtz V., Kotúčová S., Janoušková O.: The persistent microbicidal eff ect in the corona discharge. Physica Medica, 28, 230–239 (2012). - Scholtz V., Julák J., Kvasničková E.: Zařízení pro mikrobiální dekontaminaci nízkoteplot produkovaným kometárním výbojem. Užitný vzor 24146, Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví ČR, Prah - Scholtz V., E. Kvasničková E., Julák J: Microbial inactivation by electric discharge wit Acta phys. Pol. A, 124, 62–65 (2013). - Julák J., Scholtz V.: Decontamination of human skin by low-temperature plasma produced b discharge. Clin. Plasma Med., 1 (No. 2), 31–34 (2013). - Švarcová M., Julák J., Hubka V., Soušková H., Scholtz V.: Treatment of a superficial myc temperature plasma: Case report. Prague Med. Rep. 115 (No. 1-2), 73–78 (2014). - Scholtz V., Pazlarová J., Soušková H., Khun J., Julák J.: Nonthermal plasma – the tool f decontamination and disinfection. Biotechnology Advances 33 (No. 6-2), 1108–1119 (2015). - Scholtz V., Soušková H., Hubka V., Švarcová M., Julák J.: Inactivation of human pathogen by non-thermal plasma. J. Microbiol. Methods 119, 53–58 (2015). - Julák J., Soušková H., Živná H., Scholtz V.: Možnosti využití nízkoteplotního plazmatu v onemocnění. Veterinární lékař 14 (No. 4), 199–204 (2016). - Scholtz V., Soušková H., Švarcová M., Kříha V., Živná H., Julák J.: Inactivation of derm infection by nonthermal plasma on animal model. Medical Mycology 55(4), 422–428 (2017). ****************************************************************************************** * Group members ****************************************************************************************** Doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Julák, CSc. (1. LF UK) Doc. Ing. Vladimír Scholtz, PhD (VŠCHT) Ing. MUDr. Vítězslav Kříha, PhD (FEL ČVUT) Ing. Josef Khun, PhD (VŠCHT) Ing. Hana Soušková, PhD (VŠCHT) Bc. Michaela Švarcová (VŠCHT) Ing. Pavel Hozák (VŠCHT) ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Kontaktujte CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Tel.: +420 224 491 255 *========================================================================================= * Experts and their department *========================================================================================= Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Julák, CSc. Institute of Immunology and Microbiology Website: www.uim.lf1.cuni.cz [ URL "http://www.uim.lf1.cuni.cz"]