The maintenance of skin integrity is crucial to ensure the physiological barrier against
exogenous compounds, microorganisms and dehydration but also to fulfill social and …

This introductory review on plasma health care is intended to provide the interested reader
with a summary of the current status of this emerging field, its scope, and its broad …

Background Bacterial colonization of chronic wounds slows healing. Cold atmospheric
plasma has been shown in vitro to kill a wide range of pathogenic bacteria. Objectives To …

Background The development of antibiotic resistance by microorganisms is an increasing
problem in medicine. In chronic wounds, bacterial colonization is associated with impaired …

The recent tremendous progress in understanding physical plasma phenomenon, together
with the development of new plasma sources has put growing focus on the application of …

Non-thermal (low-temperature) physical plasma is under intensive study as an alternative
approach to control superficial wound and skin infections when the effectiveness of chemical …

Plasma in the sense of ionized gas can be referred to as the fourth state of matter following
solids, liquids, and gases in view of their energy content. Application of high voltages across …

The use of thermal and non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma to solve problems related
to agriculture and biomedicine is the focus of this paper. Plasma in thermal equilibrium is …

Cold atmospheric plasmas (CAP) have been used in multiple medical fields and have
become a promising medical technology. CAP-generating devices are safe and easy to …

In recent years, translational plasma medicine (TPM), as a novel application area of
plasmas, has attracted much attention of experts from both academic and clinical fields …