Applications and Perspectives of Cold Electric Discharge Plasmas in Bio-Medicine
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 467
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plasma sources; plasma diagnosis; plasma-cell interactions; atmospheric pressure plasmas; non-thermal plasmas; plasma-surface modification of polymers; plasma-surface interface; surface characterization; atomic force microscopy; surface energy-contact angle; thin film deposition; nanoparticles; nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cold electric discharge plasmas are of great interest for society since their discovery almost a century ago. The emerging interdisciplinary fields that include electric discharges are rapidly growing, opening new perspectives but also demand new tools to monitor, investigate and control plasma parameters. The involvement of electric discharges in the bio-medicine path (e.g., plasma medicine, plasma pharmacology, plasma oncology, plasma bioengineering, plasma agronomy) is a broad new field that needs specific regulations in order to fulfill the needs/demands of the beneficiaries of these plasma technologies. Therefore, research on plasma technology is still challenging and requires many steps that must be somehow regulated/standardized so that the results can be reproductible in a broad range of operational parameters. This Special Issue is intended to present results concerning new and innovative applications, as well as perspectives, of cold electric discharge plasma for the bio-medicine field. Here, we welcome the submission of results on plasma discharge diagnostics using electric to optic/spectroscopic methods, monitoring techniques as well as new devices specially made for plasma diagnostics, plasma–surface interaction or even for surface investigation after plasma exposure.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Plasma technology;
- Atmospheric-pressure plasmas;
- Plasma medicine;
- Plasma oncology;
- Biological effects of plasmas;
- Future perspectives for electrical discharges;
- Role of cold plasmas in medicine.
Dr. Andrei Vasile Nastuta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plasma medicine
- plasma pharmacology
- plasma oncology
- plasma bioengineering
- plasma agronomy
