• DocumentCode
    2561338
  • Title

    The effects of a helium based RF microplasma with small additions of O2, Ar and N2 on plasmid DNA

  • Author

    Cox, L.J. ; Graham, William G. ; Sousa, J.S. ; O´Connell, D. ; Gans, Timo

  • Author_Institution
    Queen´´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-13 July 2012
  • Abstract
    Study of the effects of microplasmas on living tissue has been prolific in recent years [1]. However, while there are many desirable outcomes of using such devices, on for example chronic wounds, in order to safely use these plasmas the long term effects must be considered.
  • Keywords
    DNA; argon; biological tissues; helium; molecular biophysics; nitrogen; oxygen; plasma applications; wounds; He; argon addition; chronic wounds; helium based RF microplasma; living tissue; nitrogen addition; oxygen addition; plasmid DNA; DNA; Educational institutions; Helium; Nitrogen; Plasmas; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2127-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0730-9244
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383713
  • Filename
    6383713