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Low temperature plasmas --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature --- Industrial applications. --- Research.

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The introduction of low temperature plasma technology to medical research and to the healthcare arena in general is set to revolutionise the way we cure diseases. This innovative medium offers a valid and advantageous replacement of traditional chemical-based medications. Its application in the inactivation of pathogens in particular, avoids the recurrent problem of drug resistant microorganisms. This is the first book dedicated exclusively to the emerging interdisciplinary field of plasma medicine. The opening chapters discuss plasmas and plasma chemistry, the fundamentals of non-equilibrium plasmas and cell biology. The rest of the book is dedicated to current applications, illustrating a plasma-based approach to wound healing, electrosurgery, cancer treatment and even dentistry. The text provides a clear and integrated introduction to plasma technology and has been devised to answer the needs of researchers from different communities. It will appeal to graduate students and physicists, engineers, biologists, medical doctors and biochemists.

Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Nonequilibrium plasmas. --- Non-equilibrium plasmas --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Medical microbiology. --- Low temperature plasmas. --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature

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Low-temperature radio-frequency plasmas are essential in various sectors of advanced technology, from micro-engineering to spacecraft propulsion systems and efficient sources of light. The subject lies at the complex interfaces between physics, chemistry and engineering. Focusing mostly on physics, this book will interest graduate students and researchers in applied physics and electrical engineering. The book incorporates a cutting-edge perspective on RF plasmas. It also covers basic plasma physics, including transport in bounded plasmas and electrical diagnostics. Its pedagogic style engages readers, helping them to develop physical arguments and mathematical analyses. Worked examples apply the theories covered to realistic scenarios, and over 100 in-text questions let readers put their newly acquired knowledge to use and gain confidence in applying physics to real laboratory situations.

Low temperature plasmas --- Radio frequency --- Low temperature plasmas. --- Radio frequency. --- Plasmas froids. --- Radiofréquences. --- Radiofrequency --- Frequencies of oscillating systems --- Radio measurements --- Radio waves --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Radiofréquences.

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This book offers the reader an overview of the basic approaches to the theoretical description of low-temperature plasmas, covering numerical methods, mathematical models and modeling techniques. The main methods of calculating the cross sections of plasma particle interaction and the solution of the kinetic Boltzmann equation for determining the transport coefficients of the plasma are also presented. The results of calculations of thermodynamic properties, transport coefficients, the equilibrium particle-interaction cross sections and two-temperature plasmas are also discussed. Later chapters consider applications, and the results of simulation and calculation of plasma parameters in induction and arc plasma torches are presented. The complex physical processes in high-frequency plasmas and arc plasmas, the internal and external parameters of plasma torches, near-electrode processes, heat transfer, the flow of solid particles in plasmas and other phenomena are considered. The book is intended for professionals involved in the theoretical study of low-temperature plasmas and the design of plasma torches, and will be useful for advanced students in related areas.

Plasma Physics. --- Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation. --- Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. --- Low temperature plasmas. --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature --- Physics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Mathematics

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Cold atmospheric plasma is an auspicious new candidate in cancer treatment. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a partially ionized gas in which the ion temperature is close to room temperature. It contains electrons, charged particles, radicals, various excited molecules and UV photons. These various compositional elements have the potential to inhibit cancer cell activity whilst doing no harm to healthy cells. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary brain tumor in adults; treatment including surgery, radio- and chemotherapy remains palliative for most patients as a cure remains elusive. The successful combination of the standard chemotherapeutic temozolomide (TMZ) and CAP treatment features synergistic effects even in resistant glioma cells. In particular in glioma therapy, CAP could offer an innovative approach allowing specific cancer cell / tumor tissue inhibition without damaging healthy cells. Thus CAP is a promising candidate for combination therapy especially for patients suffering from GBMs showing TMZ resistance.

Gliomas --- Cancer --- Brain --- Low temperature plasmas --- Treatment. --- Tumors --- Therapeutic use. --- Cold plasmas --- Plasmas, Low temperature --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Cerebrum --- Mind --- Central nervous system --- Head --- Cancer therapy --- Cancer treatment --- Nervous system --- Therapy --- Medical physics. --- Oncology. --- Medical and Radiation Physics. --- Cancer Research. --- Plasma Physics. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Health physics --- Health radiation physics --- Medical radiation physics --- Radiotherapy physics --- Radiation therapy physics --- Biophysics --- Physics --- Radiation. --- Cancer research. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Cancer research --- Radiology