ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces2025
Modeling Plasma-Induced Modifications in Alginate Biopolymers at the Atomic Scale.
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- Low-Temperature Degradation of Aflatoxins via Oxygen Plasma: Kinetics and Mechanism Driven by Atomic Oxygen Flux.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study investigates the impact of reactive oxygen species produced by nonthermal plasma on biopolymers using computer simulations. Specifically, reactive molecular dynamics simulations are employed to study the interaction between oxygen atomsa key short-lived component generated during direct plasma treatmentand the alginate molecule, which serves as the model system in our analysis. The simulations reveal that oxygen atom impact leads to significant structural changes, including oxygen addition (44.5%), glycosidic bond cleavage (13.5%), ring opening (31%), and organic peroxide formation (25%) (these events are not mutually exclusive, and therefore, the percentages do not sum directly to 100%). Additionally, the oxidation process results in carboxyl group reduction and CO
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