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Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas [[electronic resource] /] / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor
| Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas [[electronic resource] /] / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.72/88 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Brelles-MarinoGraciela |
| Collana | Environmental research advances series. |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical wastes - Safety measures
Plasma (Ionized gases) - Industrial applications Plasma (Ionized gases) - Environmental aspects Environmental engineering |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61122-537-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465098903321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas [[electronic resource] /] / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor
| Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas [[electronic resource] /] / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.72/88 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Brelles-MarinoGraciela |
| Collana | Environmental research advances series. |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical wastes - Safety measures
Plasma (Ionized gases) - Industrial applications Plasma (Ionized gases) - Environmental aspects Environmental engineering |
| ISBN | 1-61122-537-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791836703321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas / / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor
| Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas / / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.72/88 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Brelles-MarinoGraciela |
| Collana | Environmental research advances series. |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical wastes - Safety measures
Plasma (Ionized gases) - Industrial applications Plasma (Ionized gases) - Environmental aspects Environmental engineering |
| ISBN | 1-61122-537-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GAS DISCHARGE PLASMAS -- BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GAS DISCHARGE PLASMAS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF NON-THERMAL PLASMAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. COMMERCIALLY VIABLE, LARGE-SCALE PLASMA-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS -- 2.1. Electrostatic Precipitation -- 2.1.1. Historical Background -- 2.1.2. Main Physical Processes Involved in Electrostatic Precipitation -- 2.1.3. Large Industrial Electrostatic Precipitators -- 2.1.4. Summary -- 2.2. Ozonizers -- 2.2.1. Historical Background -- 2.2.2. Ozone Properties and Applications -- 2.2.3. Ozone Formation in Electrical Discharges -- 2.2.4. Technical Aspects of Large Ozone Generators -- 2.2.5. Future Prospects of Industrial Ozone Generation -- 3. DECOMPOSITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) IN MICROPLASMAS -- 3.1. Experimental Details -- 3.2. VOC Destruction Efficiency -- 3.3. By-Product Formation -- 3.4. Kinetic Studies -- 3.5. SUMMARY -- 4. PULSED ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN WATER -- 4.1. Background -- 4.2. Experimental Systems -- 4.3. Selected Experimental Results -- 4.4. Summary -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- OZONE GENERATION WITH COLD PLASMAS FOR WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. OZONE AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- III.1. Ozone Generation through Gas Discharges -- III.2. Ozone Formation in Dielectric Barrier Discharges -- III.3. Kinetics of Ozone Formation -- IV. OZONE GENERATOR CONFIGURATIONS -- V. OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE-SCALE OZONE GENERATORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MICROSCOPY AS AN ANALYSIS TOOL FOR STUDYING PLASMA APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OPTICAL MICROSCOPY -- TRANSMISSION ELECTRON AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY -- SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY -- OTHER MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- BACTERIAL BIOFILM INACTIVATION BY GAS-DISCHARGE PLASMAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Biofilms -- 1.2. The Problem of Biofilm Inactivation and the Potential Use of Plasma -- 2. BIOFILMS AND ORAL HEALTH -- 3. PLASMA FOR FOOD SAFETY CONTROL - BIOFILMS IN FOOD -- 4. RESULTS WITH OTHER MODEL ORGANISMS -- 5. RESULTS FROM OUR LABORATORY -- 6. SOME CONCERNS -- 7. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. DIRECT NON-THERMAL PLASMA MEDICINE VERSUS CONVENTIONAL THERMAL AND JET PLASMA TREATMENT OF LIVING TISSUE -- 1.1. Sterilization of Non-Living Objects for Medical Applications: A Review -- 1.2. Plasma-Assisted Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration: Discharge Systems for Air-Plasma Surgery and Nitrogen Oxide (NO) Therapy -- Pulmonology -- Phthisiology -- Traumatology and Orthopedics -- Gynecology -- Dentistry -- Maxillofacial Surgery -- Ophthalmology -- Otorhinolaryngology -- Dermatology -- Gastroenterology -- Purulent Peritonitis -- 1.3. Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment of Various Diseases -- 1.3.1. Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment of Melanoma Skin Cancer -- 1.3.2. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Corneal Infections -- 1.3.3. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Dental Cavities -- 1.3.4. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Use for Skin Regeneration -- 1.3.5. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Chronic Foot and Leg Ulcers -- 1.4. Non-Damaging Plasma Treatments -- 2. DEVICE FOR DIRECT NON-DAMAGING APPLICATION OF PLASMA TO LIVING TISSUE: FLOATING ELECTRODE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (FE-DBD) -- 2.1. Principle of Operation of the Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge -- 2.2. Electrodes for Observation and Analysis of Plasma and for Application to Cells, Tissues, and Organs, among Others. 2.3. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Power Supply Systems -- 2.4. Safety of FE-DBD Plasma Application to Biological Surfaces -- 3. DIRECT TREATMENT BY NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA OF LIVING TISSUE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THIS TISSUE: TOXICITY TRIALS -- 3.1. Skin Toxicity Trials on Human Cadaver Tissue -- 3.2. Skin Toxicity Trials on Live Hairless Mice -- 3.3. Skin Toxicity Trials on Live Regular Swine -- 3.4. Wound Toxicity Trials on Live Regular Swine -- 3.5. FE-DBD Treatment of Living Tissue: Next Steps -- 4. DIRECT NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA APPLICATION FOR SKIN STERILIZATION -- EFFECTIVENESS OF DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT (JET) PLASMA TREATMENT -- 4.1. Direct and Indirect Sterilization of Surfaces -- 4.2. Direct and Indirect FE-DBD Plasma Treatment -- 4.3. Effects of UV Radiation, Applied Electric Field, Thermal Energy, and Other Indirect Plasma Effects -- 4.4. Direct Plasma Inactivation of Bacteria -- 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DECONTAMINATION OF CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL TARGETS USING GLIDING ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ENGINEERING OF GLIDARC REACTORS -- 2.1. Electrical Discharges -- 2.2. Characterization of Glidarc Discharges -- 2.3. Power Supplies for Electrical Discharge Reactors -- 2.4. Electrochemical Reactors of the Glidarc Type -- 2.5. Quality Indicators for Cold-Plasma Technologies -- 3. CHEMICAL REACTIVITY OF GLIDARC GENERATED SPECIES -- 3.1. Species Identified in the Glidarc Reactor -- 3.2. Chemical Properties of the Species Concerned: Chemical Effects on Liquid Targets -- 3.3. Temporal Post-Discharge Reactions -- 4. APPLICATIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT -- 4.1. Gas Pollutants -- 4.2. Pure Liquid Organic Pollutants -- 4.3. Solutes in Aqueous Media -- 4.4. Kinetics -- 4.5. Temporal Post Discharge Reactions -- 5. APPLICATION OF GLIDARC TECHNOLOGY TO MICROBIAL INACTIVATION. 5.1. Decontamination under Direct Discharge and Temporal Post-Discharge Reactions -- 5.2. Kinetics of Inactivation -- 5.3. Influence of Biological Parameters on Glidarc Decontamination -- 5.4. Lethal Agents for Microbial Decontamination Using Glidarc -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE: A VERSATILE TOOL FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. PLASMA TREATMENT OF SEEDS -- 1.1. Materials and Methods -- 1.2. Results -- 1.3. Conclusion -- 2. PLASMA TREATMENT OF WOOD -- 2.1. Materials and Methods -- 2.2. Results -- 2.3. Conclusion -- 3. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA -- 3.1. Materials and Methods -- 3.2. Results -- Temperature -- Gas Species -- Radiation -- Electric Current -- 3.3. Conclusion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810482103321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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