Conveners
(DPP) W2-5 Plasma Physics and Technology | Physique et technologie des plasmas (DPP)
- Nicolas NAUDE (Université de Toulouse - LAPLACE)
In patients with triple-negative breast cancer, the most difficult form of breast cancer to treat, local recurrence rates are as high as 15%, despite the addition of adjuvant radiotherapy to surgery. Non-thermal plasma (NTP) could be used to treat the tumor bed immediately after the removal of the tumor, to eliminate any remaining tumor cells and thus reduce the risk of recurrence, even with...
This presentation will provide an overview of HVACP research in the Sustainable Food Systems Innovation Laboratory at the University of Guelph and highlight potential commercial applications for this cold plasma technology. Plasma, also known as the fourth state of matter, is defined as a partially ionized gas composed of electrons, ions, radicals and elements (O, N, H) in an excited state....
A novel treatment for chronic wounds is cold atmospheric plasma. Non-equilibrium plasmas generate highly reactive species at low temperatures. This allows treatment of human tissue in-vivo and can induce locally confined redox-chemistry in biological organisms. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are known to play a vital role in cell signaling and influence a range of mechanisms implicated...
Hydroponic growth of food plants in greenhouses plays a key role to assure future autonomy of food supply, especially in harsher climate zones like Canada. Unfortunately, however, greenhouse culture yields are drastically reduced by the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms due to its humid environment. In Canada, the fungus Pythium ultimum has a particularly large impact on food...
