Figure 3

Viability of E. coli cells treated using microplasma arrays fed with (a) N2, (b) He, (c) air, and (d) O2 gases as a function of treatment time. The plasma treatments have been performed at VP = 4.5 kV. (e) The comparison between empirical ln(Ct/C0) and theoretical kinetic rate values (from Eq. 1).