New Processes and Applications of Plasma in Liquids
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 1620
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plasma agriculture; atmospheric plasmas; polymer surface functionalization; plasma in liquids; plasma treatment of biomaterials; plasma-assisted polymerization
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Dear Colleagues,
When applying plasma to a liquid, various chemical species are generated in both the gas and the liquid. In aqueous solutions, mainly electrons, ions, ultraviolet radiation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS), ozone, hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), singlet oxygen (O), superoxides (O₂⁻), hydroxyl radicals (OH), and nitrogen oxides (NO, NO₂, and ONOO⁻) are produced. These chemical species are highly reactive, enabling various reactions and chemical processes of particular relevance in the application of plasma in agriculture, biology, or medicine, given that living organisms have a high water content in their cells and tissues. Other relevant application fields include the use of plasma for the removal of contaminants in water, the initiation of polymerization processes of monomers present in liquids, and even the promotion of hydrogel formation from polymer solutions via plasma. This Special Issue calls for original articles and reviews exploring these intriguing aspects.
Dr. Ricardo Molina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plasma in liquids
- water decontamination
- plasma-activated water
- hydrogels
- plasma medicine
- polymerization in liquids
- plasma agriculture
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