Physical, Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Water Treated with Plasmas

Dear Colleagues,

There are numerous research reports and presentations on the treatment of aqueous solutions and suspensions as well as water-containing species such as plants, food products, isolated microorganisms, even concrete, all of them containing water. Particular plasmas evoke several interesting changes of physical, physicochemical, and functional properties of treated materials. Undoubtedly, observed effects are associated with a building, reconstruction and ruining water macrostructure included therein. These processes depending on the type of plasma may result in microbiological sterilization of the treated material, but also in a stimulation of some microorganisms.

The latter may influence the growth of plants, their bioaccumulation of metal ions, and synthesis of chlorophyll and carotenoids. Treatment with some types of plasma can evoke some chemical reactions, among them some facilitated, for instance, by hydration and transport of hydrated species.

In this issue, papers are welcome which are associated with such phenomena.

Prof. Dr. Piotr Tomasik
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.