Investigations on plasma-biomolecules interactions as fundamental process for plasma medicine

Abstract

Investigations on plasma-biomolecules interactions have been carried out as fundamental process for plasma applications in medical science and biological treatments. In this study, plasma interactions with L-alanine which are amino acids: the building blocks of proteins have been investigated in terms of physical effects. Effect of ion and photon irradiation on degradation of L-alanine has been studied via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of chemical bonding states. The XPS results showed that the decrease in the -CH3 bond, >C(NH2)COOH bond, and -COOH bond peaks of main component of the L-alanine with increasing ion energy, ion dose and photon energy. The L-alanine degraded by ions and photons with energy over 6eV.