Parametric study of afterglows issued from Dielectric Barrier Discharges in nitrogen and air and applied onAureobasidiumfungi

Influence of Plasma Treatment in Open Air on Mycotoxin Content and Grain Nutriments

“…Low-temperature (LT) plasma is currently used for modification of various surfaces in industry applications, mechanical engineering, and the chemical industry, but its uses for various biological and medical applications are also being intensively studied. Application of LT plasma treatment has been described for killing pathogens and their spores 1,2 ; sterilization or inactivation of several bacteria strains, 3,4 yeast, 5,6 and viruses 7 ; inhibition or deactivation of fungi [8][9][10] ; sterilization of surgical tools 11 and foodstuffs 12 ; and destruction of biological toxins. 13 A successful plasma application in practical medicine to treat inflammatory eye and skin diseases and to stimulate regeneration processes has been also described.…”

Estimation of densities of active species in an atmospheric pressure N2DBD flowing afterglow using optical emission spectroscopy and analytical calculations

“…During the last few years cold plasmas and afterglows have been thoroughly explored as an alternative means to tackle issues like sterilization and treatment of fungi [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In such a challenging task, it is of considerable importance to experimentally determine or at least estimate the charged and densities of neutral active species present in the reactive medium (cold plasma or afterglow) that could play a role in the above applications; the term neutral active species here refers to radicals, long-lived particles such as metastable states and vibrationally excited levels and finally UV-emitting radiative states.…”