New article on Plasma Medicine

Dear Colleague,

I would like to bring to your attention a new article published in the New Journal of Physics on Plasma Medicine.

http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/11/11/115020/

Physical and biological mechanisms of direct plasma interaction with living tissue

Danil Dobrynin et al 2009 New J. Phys. 11 115020 (26pp) doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/11/115020

Danil Dobrynin1, Gregory Fridman2,4, Gary Friedman1 and Alexander Fridman3
1 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.
E-mail: gregfridman@gmail.com

Part of Focus on Plasma Medicine

Abstract. Mechanisms of plasma interaction with living tissues and cells can be quite complex, owing to the complexity of both the plasma and the tissue. Thus, unification of all the mechanisms under one umbrella might not be possible. However, the authors are attempting to make first steps in this direction. In this paper, analysis of interaction of floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge (FE-DBD) with living tissues and cells is presented and biological and physical mechanisms are discussed. In physical mechanisms, charged species are identified as the major contributors to the desired effect and a mechanism of this interaction is proposed. Biological mechanisms are also addressed and a hypothesis of plasma selectivity and its effects is offered.

Received 18 May 2009
Published 26 November 2009

I would also like to direct your attention to the whole focus issue on Plasma Medicine:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/11/11/115011

Respectfully and with warm regards from Drexel U in Philadelphia, USA,

Greg

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