PlasmaMED lab's latest publication, front cover at Biomaterials Science

PlasmaMED lab's latest publication, "Does non-thermal plasma modify biopolymers in solution? A chemical and mechanistic study for alginate" by F. Tampieri et al, has made it to the front cover at Biomaterials Science JCR's indexed journal.

Recently biocompatible hydrogels are being studied as vehicles for storage and delivery of reactive chemical species generated by non-thermal plasmas to be used in various biomedical applications. In this article we studied the direct interaction of plasmas with macromolecules in water solution and we found out a mutual effect between them: plasma treatment can modify the structure of macromolecules and macromolecules affect the chemical species generated by plasmas in solution.
These results advance the basic knowledge on the chemistry of non-thermal plasmas and are extremely useful in view of the translation of this technology to the clinics.

The publication is Open Access and has been selected by the journal Editors as a HOT Biomaterials Science article. You can read the entire publication here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/BM/D3BM00212H