Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Sources Applied in Biological Systems
A special issue of Plasma (ISSN 2571-6182).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2019) | Viewed by 10628
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ambient pressure and ultra high vacuum X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; atmospheric pressure plasma jets; dissociative electron attachment to gas-phase molecules
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in plasma technology have realized the utilization of atmospheric pressure plasma sources for biotechnological applications, including agriculture, food production and medicine. Atmospheric pressure plasmas are ignited during electric discharges under gaseous atmospheric conditions, which produce a variety of plasma components such as photons, electrons, excited ions, ionic and neutral radicals, and electromagnetic fields. The reactive species, such as reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species from the plasma, are believed to be mainly involved in a number of cellular and biomolecular processes. However, the synergistic effect of all plasma components has been shown to result in unexpected consequences; thus current plasma research seeks a deeper fundamental understanding of plasma complexity as well as the development of a variety of plasma sources.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect and give visibility to the latest experimental, theoretical, and computational results that enhance the understanding of physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms underlying plasma-biological system interactions, ultimately leading to achieve an effective and reliable plasma technology.
Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to:
- Development and characterization of atmospheric pressure plasma devices
- Plasma-induced effects on living systems and organisms, as well as isolated biomolecules
- Plasma tissue engineering
- Methods for designing and optimizing desired biochemical processes and outcomes
- Models of plasma-biological systems
- Atmospheric pressure plasma in cancer treatment and other medical applications
- In situ diagnostics of physical and biochemical responses to plasma treatment
Prof. Dr. Sylwia Ptasinska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Atmospheric pressure plasmas
- plasma medicine
- plasma biotechnology
- plasma physics and chemistry
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