Quick follow-up to my last "Can Plasma?" episode on the beauty industry: I forgot to talk about a whole industry segment — cosmetics manufacturing. I've actually done R&D work in that space, and there are four applications worth walking through, from the boring to the genuinely cool.

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Confession: I forgot a whole industry last episode

00:19 Today's structure: boring → coolest

00:29 Quick intro — Greg Friedman, plasma bioengineer

00:47 Application 1: Surface activation for packaging

00:55 Plasma surface modification before paints, labels, and coatings

01:11 Packaging is a huge, fully-industrial implementation today

01:16 …but it's boring

01:17 Application 2: Sterilization of raw materials, equipment, and filling lines

01:29 Why traditional sterilization fails for temp ...