Quantification of protein contamination on surfaces

Gas-plasma techniques are capable of destroying and removing both small organic molecules and larger biomolecular structures adhering to, or adsorbed on, a variety of surfaces without causing significant damage to the surfaces themselves. This has led to a large number of decontamination applications. However, while gas-plasma cleaning is capable of very significant reductions in the surface load of organic contamination, the development of robust methods to quantify the efficacy of particular treatments lags far behind the development of the processes themselves.