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"Plasma Chemistry" by Alexander Fridman comes out from Cambridge University Press.
Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521847353) * Published May 2008

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"Applied Plasma Medicine" by Gregory Fridman, Gary Friedman, Alexander Gutsol, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Victor N. Vasilets,

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Gregory Fridman,* Ari D. Brooks, Manjula Balasubramanian, Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Victor N. Vasilets, Halim Ayan, Gary Friedman "Comparison of Direct and Indirect Effects of Non-Thermal Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma on Bacteria"

Plasma Process. Polym. 2007, 4

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Forbes Z.G., Yellen, B.B., Halverson, D.S., Fridman, G., Barbee, K.A., Friedman, G., "Validation of High Gradient Magnetic Field Based Drug Delivery to Magnetizable Implants Under Flow", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, TBME-00171-2006.R2 (2007).

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G. Fridman, A. Shereshevsky, M. Peddinghaus, A. Gutsol, V. Vasilets, A. Brooks, M. Balasubramanian, G. Friedman, and A. Fridman, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA   "Bio-Medical Applications of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma"
AIAA-2006-2902
37th AIAA Plasma dynamics and Lasers Conference, San Francisco, California, June 5-8, 2006

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Gregory Fridman, Alexey Shereshevsky, Monika M. Jost, Ari D. Brooks, Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Victor Vasilets and Gary Friedman " Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma in Air Promoting Apoptotic Behavior in Melanoma Skin Cancer Cell Lines"

Abstract: Initiation of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an important issue in cancer treatment as cancer cells frequently have acquired the ability to block apoptosis and thus are more resistant to chemotherapeutic drugs. Targeted and perhaps selective destruction of cancerous tissue is desirable for many reasons, ranging from the enhancement of or aid to current medical methods to problems currently lacking a solution, i.e., lung cancer. Demonstrated in this publication is the inactivation (killing) of human Melanoma skin cancer cell lines, in vitro, by Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge (FE-DBD) plasma. Not only are these cells shown to be killed immediately by high doses of plasma treatment, but low doses are shown to promote apoptotic behavior as detected by TUNEL staining and subsequent flow cytometry. It is shown that plasma acts on the cells directly and not by “poisoning” the solution surrounding the cells, even through a layer of such solution. Potential mechanisms of interaction of plasma with cells are discussed and further steps are proposed to develop an understanding of such systems.

Keywords  Non-thermal plasma - Dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs) - Apoptosis - Melanoma cancer cells - Cancer treatment - Skin diseases

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Plasma Bio-Printer

Fridman G., Li M., Lelkes P.I., Friedman G., Fridman A., Gutsol A. “Non-Thermal Plasma Bio-Active Liquid Micro and Nano-Xerography”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, V. 33, No. 3, pp. 1061-1065 (2005).

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G. Fridman, G. Friedman, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, "Non-Thermal Bio-Printer with Nano-Scale Precision." – Electronic Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003. ISPC-847.pdf.

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Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD)

Chirokov A., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Sieber K. D., Grace J. M., and Robinson K. S., “Self-organization of microdischarges in dielectric barrier discharge plasma” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, April, 2005, V. 33, No. 2, P. 300-301.

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Chirokov A., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Sieber K. D., Grace J. M., and Robinson K. S., “A Study of Two-Dimensional Microdischarge Pattern Formation in Dielectric Barrier Discharge” Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol. 26, 2006, pp. 127-135.

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Chirokov A., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Sieber K. D., Grace J. M., and Robinson K. S., “Analysis of two-dimensional microdischarge distribution in dielectric-barrier discharges” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol.. 13, 2004, p. 623-635.

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A. Fridman, A. Chirokov and A. Gutsol, Topical Review “Non-thermal atmospheric pressure discharges”, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, Vol. 38, Issue 2 (21 January 2005) R1-R24.

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A. Chirokov, A. Gutsol, and A. Fridman "Atmospheric pressure plasma of dielectric barrier discharges", Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 77, No. 2 (2005), pp. 487-495.

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Iskenderova K., Chirokov A., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Kennedy L., Sieber K. D., Grace J. M., Robinson K. S. "Simulation of NOx formation in Dielectric Barrier Discharge". – 15th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Orleans, July 9 – 13, 2001. Symposium Proceedings, Vol. II: Oral Contributions, pp. 443 – 448.

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Etching

Chirokov A., Iskenderova K., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Modeling of Chemical Vapor Deposition System Cleaning by Remote Plasma Source and/or In-Situ Plasmas”, 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005: Abstracts and Full-Paper CD, pp. 161-162 and 509.pdf.

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A. Gutsol, A. K. Iskenderova, Fridman, "Study on fluorine containing mixtures in low pressure RF ICP plasma." – Electronic Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003. ISPC-563.pdf.

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Fuel Conversion

Boateng,A. A., Hicks, K. B., Flores, R. A., Gutsol, A., “Pyrolysis of hull-enriched byproducts from the scarification of hulled barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2006.

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C. S. Kalra, Y. I. Cho, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, T. S. Rufael, V. A. Deshpande, “Plasma Catalytic Conversion of Methane in Ultra Rich Flame using Transient Gliding Arc Combustion Support ”. – Electronic Proceedings of 2004 Technical Meeting, Central States Section, The Combustion Institute, 21-23 March 2004, University of Texas at Austin, Texas. A35.pdf.

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C. S. Kalra, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, “Gliding arc discharge as a source of intermediate plasma for methane partial oxidation”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science V. 33, No. 1, p. 32-41 (2005).

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Ombrello, T., Qin, X., Ju, Y., Gutsol, A., Fridman, A., Carter, C., “Combustion Enhancement via Stabilized Piecewise Nonequilibrium Gliding Arc Plasma Discharge”, AIAA Journal 2006, 0001-1452 vol.44 no.1 (142-150)

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A. Fridman, A. Gutsol, A. Dolgopolsky, E. Stessel, “CO2-free Energy and Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbons”, Energy & Fuels, 2006, Vol. 20, pp. 1242-1249.

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Gangoli S., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Rotating Non-Equilibrium Gliding Arc Plasma Disc for Enhancement in Ignition and Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels”, 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005: Abstracts and Full-Paper CD, pp. 1042-1043 and ISPC-ID778.pdf.

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Chiranjeev Kalra, Young Cho, Alexander Gutsol, Alexander Fridman, and Tecle S. Rufael; "Non-thermal plasma catalytic conversion of methane to Syn-Gas"; Preprint: FUEL 226, The 228th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004.

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Gliding Arc

Kuznetsova I.V., Kalashnikov N.Y., Gutsol A.F., Fridman A.A., Kennedy L.A. Effect of “overshooting” in the transitional regimes of the low-current gliding arc discharge. – Journal of Applied Physics, 2002, V. 92, No. 8, pp. 4231-4237

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M. Kossitsyn, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, "Generation and Diagnostics of Non-Equilibrium Plasma in Gliding Arc Discharge". – Electronic Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003. ISPC-564.pdf.

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C. S. Kalra, Y. I. Cho, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, T. S. Rufael, “Gliding arc in tornado using a reverse vortex flow”. Review of Scientific Instruments, 76, 025110 (2005) (7 pages).

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Kuznetsova I., Kalashnikov N., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Kennedy L. "Theoretical Consideration of Gliding Arc Discharge". – 15th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Orleans, July 9 – 13, 2001. Symposium Proceedings, Vol. IV: Poster Contributions, pp. 1509 - 1514.

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Gangoli S., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Applications of Gliding Arc as a Source of Atmospheric Pressure Transitional Plasma”, 32nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 20-23, 2005, Monterey, California, IEEE Conference Record – Abstracts, p. 359.

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Microplasma

Alyssa Wilson, David Staack, Tanvir Farouk, Alexander Gutsol, Alexander Fridman and Bakhtier Farouk, "Self-rotating dc atmospheric-pressure discharge over a water-surface electrode: regimes of operation" 2008 Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 17 045001 (12pp)

Staack, D. (Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Mech., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA); Farouk, B.; Gutsol, A.; Fridman, A., "DC normal glow discharges in atmospheric pressure atomic and molecular gases", Plasma Sources, Science and Technology, v 17, n 2, May 2008, p 025013 (13 pp.)  

Staack, David (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University); Farouk, Bakhtier; Gutsol, Alexander F; Fridman, Alexander A, "Spectroscopic studies and rotational and vibrational temperature measurements of atmospheric pressure normal glow plasma discharges in air", Plasma Sources Science and Technology, v 15, n 4, Jun 1, 2006, p 818-827  

Farouk, Tanvir (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University); Farouk, Bakhtier; Staack, David; Gutsol, Alexander; Fridman, Alexander, "Modeling of direct current micro-plasma discharges in atmospheric pressure hydrogen", Plasma Sources Science and Technology, v 16, n 3, Aug 1, 2007, p 619-634  

Staack, D. (Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, USA); Farouk, B.; Gutsol, A.F.; Fridman, A., "Spatially resolved temperature measurements of atmospheric-pressure normal glow microplasmas in air", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, v 35, n 5, Oct. 2007, p 1448-55  

Tanvir Farouk, Bakhtier Farouk, Alexander Gutsol and Alexander Fridman, "Atmospheric pressure radio frequency glow discharges in argon: effects of external matching circuit parameters", Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 17 (2008) 035015 (15pp)

Staack, D., Farouk, B., Gutsol, A., and Fridman, A., “Characterization of a dc atmospheric pressure normal glow discharge”, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, V. 14, No. 4, pp. 700-711 (2005).

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Farouk T., Farouk, B., Staack, D., Gutsol, A., and Fridman, A., “Simulation of dc atmospheric pressure argon micro-glow discharge”, Plasma Sources Science and Technology, V. 15, pp. 676-688 (2006).

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Plasma Medicine

Gregory Fridman, Marie Peddinghaus, Halim Ayan, Alexander Fridman, Manjula Balasubramanian, Alexander Gutsol, Ari Brooks, Gary Friedman, “Blood Coagulation and Living Tissue Sterilization by Floating-Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Air” Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol. 26, 2006, pp. 425-442.

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Fridman G., Peddinghaus L., Vinovrski T., Jah A., Fridman A., Balasubramanian M., Gutsol A., Friedman G., “Use of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Discharge for Coagulation and Sterilization of Surface Wounds”, 32nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 20-23, 2005, Monterey, California, IEEE Conference Record – Abstracts, p. 257.

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Sterilization   

Gallagher M., Friedman G., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Non-Thermal Plasma Application in Air Sterilization”, 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005: Abstracts and Full-Paper CD, pp. 1056-1057 and 729.pdf.
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VOC  Treatment

Tak G., Gallagher M., Gangoli S., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Use of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Air Cleaning and Sterilization”, 32nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 20-23, 2005, Monterey, California, IEEE Conference Record – Abstracts, p. 259.

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Tak G., Gutsol A., Fridman A., “Pulsed Corona Plasma Pilot Plant for VOC Abatement in Industrial Streams as Mobile and Educational Laboratory”, 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005: Abstracts and Full-Paper CD, pp. 1128-1129 and ISPC-ID670(1).pdf.

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Sobacchi, M. G., Saveliev A. V., Kennedy, L. A., Lock, E., Fridman, A., Gutsol, A., Desai, A., Tak, G., Gutsol, K., Korobtsev, S., Shiryaevsky, V., Medvedev, D. and Abolentsev, V. "Pulsed Corona Plasma Technology for Treating VOC Emissions from Pulp Mills"   2004 TAPPI Paper Summit, Spring Technical and International Environmental Conference, May 3 – 5, 2004, Atlanta, GA, USA, Electronic Proceedings, PS04169.pdf.

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Sobacchi M. G., Saveliev A. V., Fridman A. A., Gutsol A., Kennedy L. A. "Experimental Assessment of Non-Thermal Plasma Techniques for Removal of Paper Industry VOC Emissions." – 15th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Orleans, July 9 – 13, 2001. Symposium Proceedings, Vol. VII: Poster Contributions, pp. 3135 - 3140.

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Reverse Vortex

Gutsol A., Chirokov A., Fridman A., Worek W. "Numerical simulation of the experimental ICP and Microwave Plasma Torches with the Reverse Vortex Stabilization." – 2nd International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass transfer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 22 – 26, 2001. Electronic Proceedings: http://lttc.com.ufrj.br/ichmt/CD/Th4/41Gutsol-etal.PDF

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Gutsol A., Larjo J., Hernberg R. "Reverse-Flow Swirl Radio-Frequency Induction Plasmatron - High Temperature"

Vol. 39, No. 2, 2001, pp. 169 - 179.

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C. S. Kalra, I. Matveev, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, “Transient Gliding Arc for Fuel Ignition and Combustion Control”. – Electronic Proceedings of 2004 Technical Meeting, Central States Section, The Combustion Institute, 21-23 March 2004, University of Texas at Austin, Texas. A34.pdf

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C. S. Kalra, M. Kossitsyn, K. Iskenderova, A. Chirokov, Y. I. Cho, A. Gutsol, A. Fridman, "Electrical discharges in the Reverse Vortex Flow – Tornado Discharges." – Electronic Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003. ISPC-565.pdf.

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 Presentation "Electrical discharges in the Reverse Vortex Flow – Tornado Discharges."

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Gutsol A., Bakken J. "A new Vortex Method of Plasma Insulation and Explanation of the Ranque Effect".- J.Physics D: Applied Physics , 1998 , V. 31, No. 6, pp. 704 - 711.

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Gutsol A., Larjo J., Hernberg R. “Comparative Calorimetric Study of ICP Generator with Forward-Vortex and Reverse-Vortex Stabilization” – Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2002, p. 351-369.

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Gutsol A. “Thermal insulation of plasma and flame in reverse vortex flow.” Abstracts of the Fifth European Conference on Thermal Plasma Processes (TPP-5), St.-Petersburg, July 13-16, 1998. P. 55.

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Chirokov A., Gutsol A., Fridman A., Kennedy L. "Reverse-Vortex Plasma Stabilization: Experiments and Numerical Simulation." – 15th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Orleans, July 9 – 13, 2001. Symposium Proceedings, Vol. I: Oral Contributions, pp. 167 – 172.

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