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Cover Picture: Plasma Process. Polym. 3/2018
Author(s) -
Ke Zhigang,
Chen Zhu,
Huang Qing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.201870006
Subject(s) - plasma , oxygen , reactive oxygen species , chemistry , nonthermal plasma , materials science , biochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Front Cover: Chloride regulates the sterilization effect by plasma depending on the working gas. It potentiates O 2 plasma‐induced, but attenuates N 2 and air plasma‐induced bacterial inactivation (top‐panel figures). The potentiation effect was attributed to the generation of HOCl and the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. The attenuation effect was due to the reaction of generated HOCl with NO 2‐ and H 2 O 2 , which decreased the reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) levels. Further details can be found in the article by Zhigang Ke, Zhu Chen and Qing Huang ( e1700153 ).