Rational tuning of plasma and liquid chemistry for biocatalysis (B11)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas ; Biological Process Engineering
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 327886311

The aim is to optimise plasma-assisted biocatalysis in order to improve cost efficiency and industrial applicability. Central to this is the evaluation of more cost-effective feed gases - oxygen, nitrogen and synthetic air - as alternatives to the helium-based system used in previous funding periods. Evaluating how these gases affect the formation of reactive species, in particular H2O2 and NO, using gas and liquid phase diagnostics under all conditions, allowing a direct comparison of their effects on enzyme activity, stability and availability of co-substrates.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1316: Transient atmospheric plasmas - from plasmas to liquids to solids
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Julia Bandow, until 12/2025; Dr. Tim Dirks, since 1/2026; Dr. Andrew Robert Gibson, until 3/2024; Professorin Dr. Judith Golda