Journal of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing Research(JPCPPR)
ISSN: 2834-359X | DOI: 10.33140/JPCPPR
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Achieving Antimicrobial Activity of Highly Stretchable Hydrogel Upon DBD Plasma Treatment
Abstract
LeAnn Robles-Pichardo, Zhen Qiao, Gregory Fridman, Pietro Ranieri, Caleb Hudson, Hai-Feng Ji
Recently, we developed a highly stretchable and moldable solid hydrogel based on polyacrylamide (PAAm) and gelatin. The hydrogel may serve as a material for wound healing and/or wound treatment due to its stretchability and low young’s module. For wound healing or wound treatment applications, the hydrogel should be antimicrobial. We demonstrate in this work that upon a treatment using dielectric barrier discharge plasma (DBD), the hydrogel possesses the required antimicrobial efficacy.