Reactive species in non-equilibrium atmospheric-pressure plasmas: Generation, transport, and biological effects

X Lu, GV Naidis, M Laroussi, S Reuter, DB Graves… - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Non-equilibrium atmospheric-pressure plasmas have recently become a topical area of
research owing to their diverse applications in health care and medicine, environmental …

Disinfection and sterilization using plasma technology: Fundamentals and future perspectives for biological applications

A Sakudo, Y Yagyu, T Onodera - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have shown that plasma can efficiently inactivate microbial pathogens such
as bacteria, fungi, and viruses in addition to degrading toxins. Moreover, this technology is …

Cold plasma in medicine and healthcare: The new frontier in low temperature plasma applications

M Laroussi - Frontiers in Physics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Low temperature plasmas that can be generated at atmospheric pressure and at
temperatures below 40° C have in the past couple of decades opened up a new frontier in …

Nonthermal plasma—A tool for decontamination and disinfection

V Scholtz, J Pazlarova, H Souskova, J Khun… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
By definition, the nonthermal plasma (NTP) is partially ionized gas where the energy is
stored mostly in the free electrons and the overall temperature remains low. NTP is widely …

Low-temperature plasma for biology, hygiene, and medicine: Perspective and roadmap

M Laroussi, S Bekeschus, M Keidar… - … on Radiation and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Plasma, the fourth and most pervasive state of matter in the visible universe, is a fascinating
medium that is connected to the beginning of our universe itself. Man-made plasmas are at …

Plasma medicine: a brief introduction

M Laroussi - Plasma, 2018 - mdpi.com
This mini review is to introduce the readers of Plasma to the field of plasma medicine. This is
a multidisciplinary field of research at the intersection of physics, engineering, biology and …

Guided ionization waves: The physics of repeatability

XP Lu, KK Ostrikov - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Guided ionization waves, or plasma streamers, are increasingly important for many
applications in spanning materials processing and biomedicine. The highly reproducible …

Plasma-activated medium triggers cell death and the presentation of immune activating danger signals in melanoma and pancreatic cancer cells

A Azzariti, RM Iacobazzi, R Di Fonte, L Porcelli… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Over the past decade, cold atmospheric plasmas have shown promising application in
cancer therapy. The therapeutic use of plasma-activated media is a topic addressed in an …

Nanosecond-pulsed DBD plasma-generated reactive oxygen species trigger immunogenic cell death in A549 lung carcinoma cells through intracellular oxidative …

A Lin, B Truong, S Patel, N Kaushik, EH Choi… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
A novel application for non-thermal plasma is the induction of immunogenic cancer cell
death for cancer immunotherapy. Cells undergoing immunogenic death emit danger signals …

On the plasma chemistry of a cold atmospheric argon plasma jet with shielding gas device

A Schmidt-Bleker, J Winter, A Bösel… - Plasma Sources …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel approach combining experimental and numerical methods for the study of reaction
mechanisms in a cold atmospheric $\text {Ar} $ plasma jet is introduced. The jet is operated …