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

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In this paper, the most important mechanisms of generation and transport of the key species in the plasmas of atmospheric-pressure plasma jets and other non-equilibrium atmospheric pressure plasms are introduced and examined from the viewpoint of their applications in plasma hygiene and medicine and other relevant fields.
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This article is published in Physics Reports.The article was published on 2016-05-04 and is currently open access. It has received 825 citations till now.

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Dielectric barrier discharges: progress on plasma sources and on the understanding of regimes and single filaments

TL;DR: A review of the existing literature on DBDs can be found in this article, where the main part is devoted to the progress on the investigation of different aspects of breakdown and plasma formation with the focus on single filaments or microdischarges.
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Cold atmospheric plasma activated water as a prospective disinfectant: the crucial role of peroxynitrite

TL;DR: This research successfully demonstrated the possibility of PAW being an effective environmentally benign disinfectant, the activity of which is closely linked to the generation of peroxynitrite, providing much needed insights into the fundamental aspects ofPAW chemistry required for optimisation of the biochemical activity of PAw and translation of this decontamination strategy into real life applications.
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Plasma-activated water: generation, origin of reactive species and biological applications

TL;DR: This review presents a succinct review of how novel, efficient methods based on non-equilibrium reactive plasma chemistries can be applied to low-cost natural water sources to produce a prospective product with a wide range of applications while at the same time minimising the process steps and dramatically reducing the use of expensive and/or hazardous reagents.
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Windowless argon excimer source for surface modification

TL;DR: In this article, a windowless argon excimer source for surface modification is described and experimental results on etching of polymeric surfaces, degradation of organic surface residues, surface activation and modification of gas permeability and selectivity of the polymeric membranes are presented.
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Real-time in situ electron spin resonance measurements on fungal spores of Penicillium digitatum during exposure of oxygen plasmas

TL;DR: In this article, the kinetic analysis of free radicals on fungal spores of Penicillium digitatum interacted with atomic oxygen generated plasma electric discharge using real-time in situ electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements.
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OH density measurements in nanosecond pulsed discharges in atmospheric pressure N2-H2O mixtures

TL;DR: In this article, the time and spatially resolved OH densities were determined in a nanosecond pulsed filamentary discharge in N2-H2O for varying water concentration using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF).
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Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for atmospheric pressure plasma jet analysis

TL;DR: Pulsed cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) is a direct absorption, highly sensitive, versatile technique suitable for the analysis of a wide range of plasmas as mentioned in this paper.
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Chemically reactive species in liquids generated by atmospheric-pressure plasmas and their roles in plasma medicine

TL;DR: The rate equations are solved to evaluate concentrations of various reactive species in pure water that are originated by plasma reactions in atmosphere and possible effects of such species (including ROS/RNS) on living tissues and cells are discussed.
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