Nonequilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets

<p>Nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasma jets (N-APPJs) generate plasma in open space rather than in a confined chamber and can be utilized for applications in medicine. This book provides a complete introduction to this fast-emerging field from the fundamental physics to experimental approaches to plasma and reactive species diagnostics. It provides an overview of the development of a wide range of plasma jet devices and their fundamental mechanisms. The book concludes with a discussion of the exciting application of plasmas for cancer treatment.</p><p></p><p>The book</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>provides details on experimental methods including expert tips and caveats. </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>covers novel devices driven by various power sources and the impact of operating conditions on concentrations and fluxes of the reactive species.</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>discusses the latest advances including theory modeling and simulation approaches. </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>gives an introduction overview and details on state of the art diagnostics of small scale high gradient atmospheric pressure plasmas. </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>covers the use of N-APPJs for cancer applications including discussion of destruction of cancer cells mechanisms of action and selectivity studies. </li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p><strong>XinPei Lu </strong>is a Chair Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. </p><p></p><p><strong>Stephan Reuter</strong> is currently Visiting Professor at Université Paris-Saclay. In a recent Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship at Princeton University he performed ultrafast laser spectroscopy on cold plasmas.</p><p>Mounir Laroussi is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Plasma Engineering and Medicine Institute at Old Dominion University. He is a Fellow of IEEE and recipient of an IEEE Merit Award.</p><p>DaWei Liu is Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.</p>